Departmental Seminar

Electrical control of all-fibre graphene devices

Professor Dong-il Yeom
Dept. of Physics, Ajou University, Korea
Active manipulation of light in optical fibres has been extensively studied with great interest because of its compatibility with diverse fibre-optic systems. While graphene exhibits a strong electro-optic effect originating from its unique band structure, electric control of all-fibre graphene devices remains still highly challenging. Here we report electrically manipulable in-line graphene devices by integrating graphene-based field effect transistors on a side-polished fibre. Combined study of unique features in gate-variable electrical transport and optical transition at graphene layer reveals that the device exhibits significant optical transmission change (> 90%) with high efficiency-loss figure of merit. This subsequently modifies nonlinear saturable absorption characteristics of the device, enabling electrically tunable fibre laser at various operational regimes. The proposed device will open promising way for actively controlled optoelectronic and nonlinear photonic devices in all-fibre platform with greatly enhanced graphene-light interaction.

Date & time

Thu 2 Apr 2015, 11am–12.30pm

Location

RSPE Conf Room

Audience

Staff, students and public welcome

Contact

(02)61259279