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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 21 — Oct. 8, 2012
  • pp: 23201–23214

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Microwave and optical saturable absorption in graphene

Zhiwei Zheng, Chujun Zhao, Shunbin Lu, Yu Chen, Ying Li, Han Zhang, and Shuangchun Wen  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 21, pp. 23201-23214 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.023201


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Abstract

We report on the first experiments on saturable absorption in graphene at microwave frequency band. Almost independent of the incident frequency, microwave absorbance of graphene always decreases with increasing the power and reaches at a constant level for power larger than 80 µW, evidencing the microwave saturable absorption property of graphene. Optical saturable absorption of the same graphene sample was also experimentally confirmed by an open-aperture Z-scan technique by one laser at telecommunication band and another pico-second laser at 1053 nm, respectively. Herein, we are able to conclude that graphene is indeed a broadband saturable absorber that can operate at both microwave and optical band.

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OCIS Codes
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(350.4010) Other areas of optics : Microwaves
(160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials

ToC Category:
Materials

History
Original Manuscript: July 20, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 19, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 21, 2012
Published: September 25, 2012

Citation
Zhiwei Zheng, Chujun Zhao, Shunbin Lu, Yu Chen, Ying Li, Han Zhang, and Shuangchun Wen, "Microwave and optical saturable absorption in graphene," Opt. Express 20, 23201-23214 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-21-23201


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