• DocumentCode
    1331633
  • Title

    An All-Fiber 2- \\mu m Wavelength-Tunable Mode-Locked Laser

  • Author

    Fang, Qiang ; Kieu, Khanh ; Peyghambarian, Nasser

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1656
  • Lastpage
    1658
  • Abstract
    We report an all-fiber thulium-doped wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser operating near 2 μm . Reliable self-starting mode locking over a large tuning range (>50 nm) using a fiber-taper-based carbon nanotube saturable absorber is observed. Spectral tuning is achieved by stretching another fiber taper. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an all-fiber wavelength tunable mode-locked laser near 2 μm .
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical saturable absorption; thulium; C; JkJk:Tm; fiber-taper-based carbon nanotube saturable absorber; laser tuning; spectral tuning; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Pump lasers; Midinfrared; mode-locking; saturable absorber (SA); tunable;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2077736
  • Filename
    5582205
    • Link To Document
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