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Sub 200 fs pulse generation from a graphene mode-locked fiber laser

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Ultrafast fiber lasers with broad bandwidth are in great demand for a variety of applications, such as spectroscopy, biomedical diagnosis, and optical communications. Sub 200 fs pulses are required for ultrafast spectroscopy with high temporal resolution. Graphene is an ideal ultrawide-band saturable absorber. We report the generation of 174 fs pulses from a graphene-based fiber laser.

Source: Applied Physics Letters

DOI: 10.1063/1.3517251

Authors: D. Popa, Z. Sun, F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, F. Wang, A. C. Ferrari

Institution: University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Awards: IKC in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Photonics and Electronics - Exploiting Molecular and Macromolecular Materials (MMM), Follow On: Commercialisation of Nanotube-based Mode Lockers and Ultrafast Fibre Lasers