Characterization and saturable absorption property of graphene oxide on optical fiber by optical deposition

Abstract

We prepared graphene oxide(GO) saturable absorber (SA) successfully through optical deposition method, which is a simple but effective approach to deposit various materials onto substrate under the effects of light, and investigated several factors that influence the optical deposition result of GO onto optical fiber end, including poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) concentration, light intensity, light mode, and deposition time. The efficient optically deposited GO preserving its nonlinearity guaranteed by GO/PMMA composite formation was also demonstrated. The GO SA prepared by optical deposition shows superior saturable absorption property with modulation depth and nonsaturable loss of 6% and 40%, respectively.

Keywords

optical deposition / graphene oxide / saturable absorption / optical fiber

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