Graphene-doped polymer nanofibers for low-threshold nonlinear optical waveguiding

Meng, Chao; Yu, Shao-Liang; Wang, Hong -Qing; Cao, Yue; Tong, Li -Min; Liu, Wei -Tao; Shen, Yuen -Ron

doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.121

Title: Graphene-doped polymer nanofibers for low-threshold nonlinear optical waveguiding

Journal Article · Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Light, Science & Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2015.121· OSTI ID:1239550

Meng, Chao ^[1]; Yu, Shao-Liang ^[1]; Wang, Hong -Qing ^[2]; Cao, Yue ^[2]; Tong, Li -Min ^[1]; Liu, Wei -Tao ^[2]; Shen, Yuen -Ron ^[3]

Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Graphene-doped polymer nanofibers are fabricated by taper drawing of solvated polyvinyl alcohol doped with liquid-phase exfoliated graphene flakes. Nanofibers drawn this way typically have diameters measured in hundreds of nanometers and lengths in tens of millimeters; they show excellent uniformity and surface smoothness for optical waveguiding. Owing to their tightly confined waveguiding behavior, light–matter interaction in these subwavelength-diameter nanofibers is significantly enhanced. Using approximately 1350-nm-wavelength femto-second pulses, we demonstrate saturable absorption behavior in these nanofibers with a saturation threshold down to 0.25 pJ pulse^-1 (peak power ~1.3 W). Additionally, using 1064-nm-wavelength nanosecond pulses as switching light, we show all-optical modulation of a 1550-nm-wavelength signal light guided along a single nanofiber with a switching peak power of ~3.2 W.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Department of Physics

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

OSTI ID:: 1239550

Journal Information:: Light, Science & Applications, Vol. 4; ISSN 2047-7538

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