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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 8, 1324(2020)

Laser-driven self-exfoliation of graphene oxide layers on a fiber facet for Q switching of an Er-doped fiber laser at the longest wavelength

Byungjoo Kim1, Seongjin Hong1, Jaedeok Park2, Yongsoo Lee1, Dong-il Yeom2, and Kyunghwan Oh1、*
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  • 1Photonic Device Physics Laboratory, Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea
  • 2Department of Physics and Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, South Korea
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    Byungjoo Kim, Seongjin Hong, Jaedeok Park, Yongsoo Lee, Dong-il Yeom, Kyunghwan Oh. Laser-driven self-exfoliation of graphene oxide layers on a fiber facet for Q switching of an Er-doped fiber laser at the longest wavelength[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(8): 1324

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: May. 1, 2020

    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2020

    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2020

    The Author Email: Kyunghwan Oh (koh@yonsei.ac.kr)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.396566

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
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