Title :
High-energy pulse formation using graphene as saturable absorber
Author :
Bae, Mi-Kyung ; Han, Won-Suk ; Jang, Sung-Yeon ; Song, Yong-Won
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Mater. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate fiber pulsed lasers passively mode-locked by graphene in high-power regime. We realize an evanescent field interaction to form picosecond pulses with 21.41-dBm intracavity power escaping from the thermal damage of the carbon nanostructure.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; graphene; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; C; carbon nanostructure; evanescent field interaction; fiber pulsed lasers; graphene; high-energy pulse formation; intracavity power; passive mode-locking; picosecond pulses; saturable absorber; thermal damage; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
