We demonstrate that the intrinsic properties of monolayer graphene allow it to act as a more effective saturable absorber for mode-locking fiber lasers when compared to multilayer graphene. The absorption of monolayer...We demonstrate that the intrinsic properties of monolayer graphene allow it to act as a more effective saturable absorber for mode-locking fiber lasers when compared to multilayer graphene. The absorption of monolayer graphene can be saturated at lower excitation intensity compared to multilayer graphene, graphene with wrinkle-like defects, or functionalized graphene. Monolayer graphene has a remarkably large modulation depth of 65.9%, whereas the modulation depth of multilayer graphene is greatly reduced due to nonsaturable absorption and scattering loss. Picosecond ultrafast laser pulses （1.23 ps） can be generated using monolayer graphene as a saturable absorber. Due to the ultrafast relaxation time, larger modulation depth and lower scattering loss of monolayer graphene, it performs better than multilayer graphene in terms of pulse shaping ability, pulse stability, and output energy.展开更多
We report an ultrafast laser mode-locked with a graphene saturable absorber.The linear dispersions of the Dirac electrons in graphene enable wideband tunability.We get-1 ps pulses,tunable between 1525 and 1559 nm,with...We report an ultrafast laser mode-locked with a graphene saturable absorber.The linear dispersions of the Dirac electrons in graphene enable wideband tunability.We get-1 ps pulses,tunable between 1525 and 1559 nm,with stable mode-locking,insensitive to environmental perturbations.展开更多
文摘We demonstrate that the intrinsic properties of monolayer graphene allow it to act as a more effective saturable absorber for mode-locking fiber lasers when compared to multilayer graphene. The absorption of monolayer graphene can be saturated at lower excitation intensity compared to multilayer graphene, graphene with wrinkle-like defects, or functionalized graphene. Monolayer graphene has a remarkably large modulation depth of 65.9%, whereas the modulation depth of multilayer graphene is greatly reduced due to nonsaturable absorption and scattering loss. Picosecond ultrafast laser pulses （1.23 ps） can be generated using monolayer graphene as a saturable absorber. Due to the ultrafast relaxation time, larger modulation depth and lower scattering loss of monolayer graphene, it performs better than multilayer graphene in terms of pulse shaping ability, pulse stability, and output energy.
基金We acknowledge funding from a Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation,the European Research Council(ERC)grant NANOPOTS,Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC)grants(Nos.EP/GO30480/1 and EP/G042357/1),King’s College and Imperial College.
文摘We report an ultrafast laser mode-locked with a graphene saturable absorber.The linear dispersions of the Dirac electrons in graphene enable wideband tunability.We get-1 ps pulses,tunable between 1525 and 1559 nm,with stable mode-locking,insensitive to environmental perturbations.
