Tm-doped fiber laser mode-locked by graphene-polymer composite.


Type
Article
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Authors
Zhang, M 
Kelleher, EJR 
Sun, Z 
Abstract

We demonstrate mode-locking of a thulium-doped fiber laser operating at 1.94 μm, using a graphene-polymer based saturable absorber. The laser outputs 3.6 ps pulses, with ~0.4 nJ energy and an amplitude fluctuation ~0.5%, at 6.46 MHz. This is a simple, low-cost, stable and convenient laser oscillator for applications where eye-safe and low-photon-energy light sources are required, such as sensing and biomedical diagnostics.

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Keywords
cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.mtrl-sci, physics.optics
Journal Title
Opt Express
Conference Name
Journal ISSN
1094-4087
1094-4087
Volume Title
20
Publisher
The Optical Society
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G030480/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H00274X/1)