摘要
We report an ultrafast laser mode-locked with a graphene saturable absorber.The linear dispersions of the Dirac electrons in graphene enable wideband tunability.We get-1 ps pulses,tunable between 1525 and 1559 nm,with stable mode-locking,insensitive to environmental perturbations.
基金
We acknowledge funding from a Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation,the European Research Council(ERC)grant NANOPOTS,Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC)grants(Nos.EP/GO30480/1 and EP/G042357/1),King’s College and Imperial College.