Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 5, 214(2015)

Broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical response of few-layers graphene: toward the mid-infrared regime

Lili Miao1, Yaqin Jiang1, Shunbin Lu2, Bingxin Shi1, Chujun Zhao1、*, Han Zhang2, and Shuangchun Wen1
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  • 1Key Laboratory for Micro-/Nano-Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronics,Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 2SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University,Shenzhen 518060, China
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    Gapless linear energy dispersion of graphene endows it with unique nonlinear optical properties, including broadband nonlinear absorption and giant nonlinear refractive index. Herein, we experimentally observed that fewlayers graphene has obvious nonlinear absorption and large nonlinear refraction, as investigated by the Z-scan technique in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) regime. Our study may not only, for the first time to our knowledge, verify the giant nonlinear refractive index of graphene (~10?7 cm2∕W) at the mid-IR, which is 7 orders of magnitude larger than other conventional bulk materials, but also provide some new insights for graphene-based mid-IR photonics, potentially leading to the emergence of several new conceptual mid-IR optoelectronics devices.

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    Lili Miao, Yaqin Jiang, Shunbin Lu, Bingxin Shi, Chujun Zhao, Han Zhang, Shuangchun Wen. Broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical response of few-layers graphene: toward the mid-infrared regime[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(5): 214

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Apr. 10, 2015

    Accepted: Jul. 8, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016

    The Author Email: Chujun Zhao (chujunzhao@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.1364/prj.3.000214

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