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Front. Optoelectron.    2016, Vol. 9 Issue (4) : 535-543    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-016-0541-3
REVIEW ARTICLE
A tutorial introduction to graphene-microfiber waveguide and its applications
Xiaoying HE(),Min XU,Xiangchao ZHANG,Hao ZHANG
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Abstract

Graphene-microfiber with the advantage of graphene material and the microfiber has been hailed as a wonderful waveguide in optics. A tutorial introduction to the graphene-microfiber (GMF) waveguides including the effect of graphene on waveguide, fabrication and applications has been presented. Here, we reviewed recent progress in the graphene waveguides from mode-locking and Q-switching in fiber laser to gas sensing and optical modulation. A brief outlook for opportunities and challenges of GMF in the future has been presented. With the novel nanotechnology emerging, GMF could offer new possibilities for future-optic circuits, systems and networks.
Keywords graphene      microfiber      optical mode locking      optical sensor     
Corresponding Author(s): Xiaoying HE   
Just Accepted Date: 08 January 2016   Online First Date: 29 January 2016    Issue Date: 29 November 2016
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Xiaoying HE,Min XU,Xiangchao ZHANG, et al. A tutorial introduction to graphene-microfiber waveguide and its applications[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2016, 9(4): 535-543.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/10.1007/s12200-016-0541-3
https://academic.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/Y2016/V9/I4/535
Fig.1  Schematic diagram of GMF waveguide [29–31]. LG is the length of graphene, d is the microfiber diameter
Fig.2  Fabrication process of GMF waveguide in Fig. 1(a) [31]. G: graphene
Fig.3  Fabrication process of GMF waveguide in Fig. 1(b) [29]
Fig.4  Real and imaginary parts of the conductivity and the permittivity of infinite graphene sheet at wavelength 1550 nm
Fig.5  Real and imaginary parts of the refractive index of the intrinsic monolayer graphene sheet vs. the wavelength
Fig.6  (a) and (b) Cross-sectional views of microfiber and GMF waveguide; (c) and (d) electric field distribution in the cross section of microfiber and GMF waveguide; (e) and (f) field distribution along the y-coordinate direction in microfiber and GMF waveguide
Fig.7  Pulse-width-tuned pulses generated by GMF passive mode-locking [38,39]. GSA: graphene saturable absorber, PC: polarized controller, WDM: wavelength division multiplex, EDF: Erbium-doped fiber
Fig.8  Experimental results of GMF gas sensors [33]
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