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Graphene Q-switched, tunable fiber laser

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

We demonstrate a wideband-tunable Q-switched fiber laser exploiting a graphene saturable absorber. We get ~2us pulses, tunable between 1522 and 1555nm with up to~40nJ energy. This is a simple and low-cost light source for metrology, environmental sensing and biomedical diagnostics.

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Keywords

SATURABLE ABSORBER, CARBON NANOTUBES, ULTRAFAST PHOTONICS, PHASE EXFOLIATION, PULSE-GENERATION, MU-M, GRAPHITE

Journal Title

APPL PHYS LETT

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Journal ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

Volume Title

98

Publisher

AIP Publishing
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E500935/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H00274X/1)