Graphene Saturable Absorber Based on Slightly Tapered Fiber With Inner Air-Cavity

被引：10
作者：
Chen, Tao [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Chen, Huifang [1 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Wang, D. N. [1 ,3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] China Jiliang Univ, Coll Opt & Elect Technol, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Jinan, Sch Phys & Technol, Jinan 250022, Peoples R China
[3] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Shenzhen Res Inst, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[5] Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY | 2015年 / 33卷 / 11期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Graphene; inner air-cavity; mode locking; saturable absorber; HARMONIC MODE-LOCKING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; PULSE GENERATION; LASER; OXIDE; MICROFIBER;
D O I：
10.1109/JLT.2015.2410912
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
We experimentally demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser operation by using a saturable absorber based on graphene deposited on slightly tapered optical fiber with inner air-cavity. Such a saturable absorber enables a strong light-graphene interaction owing to the evanescent field of the excited cladding mode, and as a result, stable passively mode-locked laser pulses with pulsewidth of 674 fs have been generated, and in addition, a harmonic mode-locking operation can also be achieved.We experimentally demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser operation by using a saturable absorber based on graphene deposited on slightly tapered optical fiber with inner air-cavity. Such a saturable absorber enables a strong light-graphene interaction owing to the evanescent field of the excited cladding mode, and as a result, stable passively mode-locked laser pulses with pulsewidth of 674 fs have been generated, and in addition, a harmonic mode-locking operation can also be achieved.
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页码：2332 / 2336
页数：5
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