DocumentCode
577931
Title
Pulsewidth switchable, wavelength tuneable ultrafast fiber laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes
Author
Wang, F. ; Popa, D. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Torrisi, F. ; Going, R. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
288
Lastpage
289
Abstract
Employing a nanotube-based saturable absorber, we demonstrate a continuously tunable (1533-1563nm) ultrafast fiber laser, with output pulsewidth switchable between picosecond (1.2 ps) and femtosecond (610 fs) regimes.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; C; carbon nanotubes; mode locking; nanotube-based saturable absorber; optical pulse generation; pulsewidth switchable ultrafast fiber laser; time 1.2 ps to 610 fs; wavelength 1533 nm to 1563 nm; wavelength-tuneable ultrafast fiber laser; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber filters; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358605
Filename
6358605
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