Graphene-decorated microfiber knot as a broadband resonator for ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse fiber lasers

Meng Liu; Rui Tang; Ai-Ping Luo; Wen-Cheng Xu; Zhi-Chao Luo

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.0000C1

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 10, C1(2018)

Graphene-decorated microfiber knot as a broadband resonator for ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse fiber lasers

Meng Liu^1,2, Rui Tang¹, Ai-Ping Luo^1,2, Wen-Cheng Xu^1,2,3, and Zhi-Chao Luo^1,2、*

¹Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices & Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices and Applications, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

²Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microstructured Functional Fibers and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

³e-mail: xuwch@scnu.edu.cn

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Special Issue: TWO DIMENSIONAL LAYERED MATERIALS FOR ULTRAFAST LASERS (INVITATION ONLY)

Received: May. 17, 2018

Accepted: Jun. 7, 2018

Published Online: Aug. 21, 2018

The Author Email: Zhi-Chao Luo (zcluo@scnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.0000C1

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