Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 602006(2012)
Dual-Wavelength Mode-Locked Yb-Doped Fiber Laser Based on the Interaction of Graphene and Fiber-Taper Evanescent Field
A dual-wavelength passively mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser (YDFL) based on the interaction of graphene and fiber-taper evanescent field is reported. Using optical evanescent-light deposition technique, graphene-polymer nanocomposites in aqueous suspension are coated onto taper waist region. The graphene-based tapered-fiber as a saturable absorber has the advantages of flexibility, all-fiber configuration, and high optical damage threshold. Based on the saturable absorption of this graphene-based component and the cavity-birefringent filtering characteristics, the stable dual-wavelength mode-locked operation is obtained, by properly adjusting the polarization state of the laser cavity. The two mode-locked wavelengths of YDFL are 1034.77 nm and 1038.85 nm, and the mode-locked repetition rate is 1.09 MHz at the second harmonic frequency, and the intracavity pulse energy can reach 35 nJ.
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Zhang Cheng, Luo Zhengqian, Wang Jinzhang, Zhou Min, Xu Huiying, Cai Zhiping. Dual-Wavelength Mode-Locked Yb-Doped Fiber Laser Based on the Interaction of Graphene and Fiber-Taper Evanescent Field[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(6): 602006
Category: Laser physics
Received: Dec. 8, 2011
Accepted: --
Published Online: May. 4, 2012
The Author Email: Cheng Zhang (zhangcheng811@126.com)