Li, D and Xue, H and Qi, M and Wang, Y and Aksimsek, S and Chekurov, N and Kim, W and Li, C and Riikonen, J and Ye, F and Dai, Q and Ren, Z and Bai, J and Hasan, T and Lipsanen, H and Sun, Z (2017) Graphene actively Q-switched lasers. 2D Materials, 4. ISSN 2053-1583
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Graphene electro-optic modulators (GEOMs) are emerging as a viable alternative to conventional material-based modulators mainly due to their broadband and ultrafast performance. These GEOMs with combined advantages of small footprint and low energy consumption can potentially enable various high-performance applications that are not possible using conventional approaches. Here, we report the first actively Q-switched lasers with a GEOM. In contrast to the previously reported lasers that are passively modulated by two-dimensional layered material-based saturable absorbers, our actively modulated laser concept represents significant advantages, such as electrically tunable output parameters (e.g. output repetition rate, pulse duration and pulse energy) and electro-optical synchronization. Using a single GEOM, we generate broadband Q-switched pulses at 1.55 and 2μm with output energies of up to 123 nJ. This indicates the broadband pulse generation capability of the graphene-based active devices, superior to widely used bulk material-based active modulation approaches. Our results demonstrate a simple and viable design towards broadband, high-repetition-rate, electrically modulated ultrafast lasers for various applications, such as telecommunications and spectroscopy.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | graphene electro-optic modulators fiber lasers active Q-switching |
Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
Divisions: | Div B > Solid State Electronics and Nanoscale Science |
Depositing User: | Cron Job |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2017 19:07 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2021 07:05 |
DOI: | 10.1088/2053-1583/aa6e6b |