• 文献标题:   Active control of all-fibre graphene devices with electrical gating
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE EJ, CHOI SY, JEONG H, PARK NH, YIM W, KIM MH, PARK JK, SON S, BAE S, KIM SJ, LEE K, AHN YH, AHN KJ, HONG BH, PARK JY, ROTERMUND F, YEOM DI
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ajou Univ
  • 被引频次:   76
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms7851
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Active manipulation of light in optical fibres has been extensively studied with great interest because of its compatibility with diverse fibre-optic systems. While graphene exhibits a strong electro-optic effect originating from its gapless Dirac-fermionic band structure, electric control of all-fibre graphene devices remains still highly challenging. Here we report electrically manipulable in-line graphene devices by integrating graphene-based field effect transistors on a side-polished fibre. Ion liquid used in the present work critically acts both as an efficient gating medium with wide electrochemical windows and transparent over-cladding facilitating light-matter interaction. Combined study of unique features in gate-variable electrical transport and optical transition at monolayer and randomly stacked multilayer graphene reveals that the device exhibits significant optical transmission change (490%) with high efficiency-loss figure of merit. This subsequently modifies nonlinear saturable absorption characteristics of the device, enabling electrically tunable fibre laser at various operational regimes. The proposed device will open promising way for actively controlled optoelectronic and nonlinear photonic devices in all-fibre platform with greatly enhanced graphene-light interaction.