• 文献标题:   Graphene Q-switched distributed feedback fiber lasers with narrow linewidth approaching the transform limit
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAO BC, RAO YJ, HUANG SW, WU Y, FENG ZY, CHOI C, LIU H, QI HF, DUAN XF, PENG GD, WONG CW
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS EXPRESS
  • ISSN:   1094-4087
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1364/OE.25.008202
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A compact all-in-line graphene-based distributed feedback Bragg-grating fiber laser (GDFB-FL) with narrow linewidth of hundreds kHz is demonstrated and investigated in this study. Performing as an optical saturable absorber, graphene oscillates the initially kHz linewidth DFB-FL, and generates high-quality passively Q-switched pulses. Pumped with a 980 nm continuous-wave laser, the Q-switched GDFB-FL observes similar to 1 mu s pulse durations, with pulse energies up to similar to 10 nJ and approaching the transform limit. The peak power is similar to 600 times higher than the original DFB-FL laser. By optimizing the cavity design and the graphene material, it is predicted that fast Q-switched pulses with more than MHz repetition rates and sub-100 ns pulse durations are achievable. Such transform-limited Q-switched GDFB-FLs with narrow linewidth of sub-MHz have long coherence length, good tunability, stability, compactness and robustness, with potential impact in optical coherent communications, metrology and sensing. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America