• DocumentCode
    1987598
  • Title

    Passive mode-locking of a Ti:Sapphire laser using low-dimensional carbon nanostructures

  • Author

    Baek, I.H. ; Choi, S.Y. ; Lee, H.W. ; Cho, W.B. ; Petrov, V. ; Agnesi, A. ; Pasiskevicius, V. ; Yeom, D.-I. ; Kim, K. ; Hong, B.H. ; Rotermund, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1154
  • Lastpage
    1155
  • Abstract
    We report on passive mode-locking of a Ti:sapphire laser employing novel saturable absorbers based on low-dimensional carbon nanostructures such as single-walled carbon nanotubes and monolayer graphene. The mode-locked operation with both saturable absorbers were characterized and compared to pure Kerr-lens mode-locking.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; graphene; laser mode locking; nanostructured materials; optical saturable absorption; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; C; Kerr-lens mode-locking; laser passive mode-locking; low-dimensional carbon nanostructures; monolayer graphene; saturable absorbers; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Absorption; Carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193832
  • Filename
    6193832