title: Large energy mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser with atomic layer graphene.
abstract: We report on large energy pulse generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser passively mode-locked with atomic layer graphene. Stable mode locked pulses with single pulse energy up to 7.3 nJ and pulse width of 415 fs have been directly generated from the laser. Our results show that atomic layer graphene could be a promising saturable absorber for large energy mode locking.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Q L
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite