Switchable Dual-Wavelength Synchronously Q-Switched Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Graphene Saturable Absorber

oleh: Z. T. Wang, Y. Chen, C. J. Zhao, H. Zhang, S. C. Wen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: IEEE 2012-01-01

Deskripsi

We demonstrate a switchable dual-wavelength synchronously pulsed fiber laser Q-switched by graphene saturable absorber. Wavelength-resolved studies on the output Q-switched pulses show that despite of large wavelength spacing up to 26 nm, the two Q-switched pulses at each individual wavelength can be temporally synchronized with per-pulse energy up to ~ 70 nJ. Further experiments show that by adjusting the intracavity birefringence, dual-wavelength emission can be switched to another dual-wavelength operation regime with wavelength separation of 5.7 nm. Our experimental results are also qualitatively supported by the cavity linear transmission characteristics of the ring cavity.