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Intracavity Optical Deposition of Graphene Saturable Absorber for Low-Threshold Passive Mode-Locking of a Fiber Laser |
LUO Zhi-Chao, CAO Wen-Jun, LUO Ai-Ping**, XU Wen-Cheng** |
Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006
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LUO Zhi-Chao, CAO Wen-Jun, LUO Ai-Ping et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 024207 |
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Abstract A compact, intracavity optical deposition of graphene saturable absorber (SA) for low-threshold passively mode-locked fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated. The optical deposition is implemented in the laser cavity by using a slot collimator. Utilizing the fabricated graphene SA, the fiber laser achieves self-starting, passively mode-locked operation at a low threshold of 32 mW pump power, delivering a 13.1-MHz 2.36-ps pulse train.
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Received: 29 November 2012
Published: 02 March 2013
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PACS: |
42.55.Wd
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(Fiber lasers)
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42.70.Nq
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(Other nonlinear optical materials; photorefractive and semiconductor materials)
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42.60.Fc
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(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
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