Graphene Q-switched, tunable fiber laser
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Popa, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5708-743X
Sun, Z
Hasan, Tawfique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-7582
Torrisi, Felice https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6144-2916
Wang, F
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
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APPL PHYS LETT
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0003-6951
1077-3118
1077-3118
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98
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AIP Publishing
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E500935/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H00274X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H00274X/1)