Title :
Double-wall carbon nanotube Q-switched and mode-locked two-micron fiber lasers
Author :
Wang, F. ; Jiang, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Sun, Z. ; Popa, D. ; Torrisi, F. ; Cho, W.B. ; Flahaut, E. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
We fabricate double-wall carbon nanotube polymer composite saturable absorbers and demonstrate stable Q-switched and Mode-locked Thulium fiber lasers in a linear cavity and a ring cavity respectively.
Keywords :
Q-switching; carbon nanotubes; composite materials; fibre lasers; laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; silicon compounds; thulium; C; Q-switched laser; SiO2:Tm; double wall carbon nanotube polymer composite saturable absorber; linear cavity; mode locked fiber laser; mode-locked fiber lasers; ring cavity; wavelength 1.8 mum to 2.1 mum; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
