Title :
Comparison of timing noise properties of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide as saturable absorbers for a mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser
Author :
Xiaohui Li ; Kan Wu ; Shum, Perry Ping ; Yonggang Wang ; Yishan Wang ; Qijie Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We compare the timing noise properties of three most typical carbon materials, i.e., single walled carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide as saturable absorbers in a passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser as a test platform.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; graphene; laser mode locking; laser noise; nanophotonics; optical saturable absorption; timing; CO; graphene oxide; passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser; saturable absorbers; single walled carbon nanotubes; timing noise properties; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Materials; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
