DocumentCode
505768
Title
Carbon nanotube based mode-locked fiber lasers
Author
Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2008
fDate
Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We review our studies on passively mode-locked fiber lasers using carbon nanotube (CNT) based saturable absorbers (SA). CNT-based SA offers several key advantages such as: ultra-fast response, robustness, tunability of wavelength, and compatibility to fibers.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser tuning; nanophotonics; optical saturable absorption; C; CNT-based SA; carbon nanotube based mode-locked fiber laser; fiber compatibility; passively mode-locked laser; saturable absorber; ultra-fast response; wavelength tunability; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-863-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-863-6
Type
conf
Filename
5348594
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