Graphene Q-switched 2.78 μm Er3+-doped fluoride fiber laser

Chen Wei; Xiushan Zhu; F. Wang; Y. Xu; Kaushik Balakrishnan; Feng Song; Robert A. Norwood; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1364/OL.38.003233

Graphene Q-switched 2.78 μm Er³⁺-doped fluoride fiber laser

Chen Wei, Xiushan Zhu, F. Wang, Y. Xu, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Feng Song, Robert A. Norwood, N. Peyghambarian

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We report a diode-pumped 2.78 μm Er³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber laser passively Q switched by a graphene saturable absorber, which was directly deposited onto a fiber dichroic mirror by the method of optically driven deposition. Stable Q-switched operation with a pulse duration of 2.9 μs and a pulse energy of 1.67 μJ was achieved in a 10mlong gain fiber. The pulse duration was reduced to 1 μs when the gain fiber length was shortened to 2 m. This Letter demonstrates that graphene is a promising and reliable saturable absorber for mid-infrared pulse generation at 3 μm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3233-3236
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	38
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.003233
State	Published - Sep 1 2013

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