Few-cycle pulses from a graphene mode-locked all-fiber laser

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a simple, fiber-based, graphene mode-locked laser system producing ultra-short 29 femtosecond pulses with high temporal resolution, suitable for various applications.

Contribution

It introduces a low-cost, robust all-fiber setup combining graphene mode-locking with external compression to generate few-cycle pulses.

Findings

Achieved 29 fs pulse duration.

Produced 52 mW average power.

System is simple, low-cost, and fiber-based.

Abstract

We combine a graphene mode-locked oscillator with an external compressor and achieve~29fs pulses with~52mW average power. This is a simple, low-cost, and robust setup, entirely fiber based, with no free-space optics, for applications requiring high temporal resolution.