• DocumentCode
    689279
  • Title

    Wavelength tunable graphene modelocked VECSEL

  • Author

    Zaugg, C.A. ; Sun, Zhongyuan ; Popa, D. ; Milana, S. ; Kulmala, T. ; Sundaram, R.S. ; Wittwer, V.J. ; Mangold, M. ; Sieber, O.D. ; Golling, M. ; Lee, Youngjoo ; Ahn, J.H. ; Ferrari, A.C. ; Keller, Ulrich

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We passively modelock an optically pumped VECSEL by using a single-layer graphene saturable absorber mirror, resulting in pulses as short as 473 fs. A broad wavelength tuning range of 46 nm is achieved with three different VECSEL chips, with a single chip 21 nm are covered.
  • Keywords
    graphene; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical materials; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; surface emitting lasers; C; VECSEL chips; broad wavelength tuning; optical pumped VECSEL; single chip; single-layer graphene saturable absorber mirror; time 473 fs; wavelength 21 nm; wavelength 46 nm; wavelength tunable graphene modelocked VECSEL; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833662