Title :
High-energy ultrashort pulse generation from a fundamentally mode-locked fiber laser at 1.7 MHz
Author :
Fong, Kok Hann ; Kikuchi, Kazuro ; Set, Sze Y.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a self-starting, fundamentally mode-locked fiber laser stabilized by a single-wall carbon nanotube saturable absorber, capable of generating 200-fs, 1-nJ pulses at a low repetition rate of 1.7 MHz.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; fiber laser; frequency 1.7 MHz; laser mode locking; single-wall carbon nanotube saturable absorber; ultrashort pulse generation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348784
