Title :
Polymer saturable absorber materials in 1.5 μm band using PMMA and ps with single-wall carbon nanotubes
Author :
Nakazawa, Masataka ; Nakahara, Seiji ; Hirooka, Toshihiko ; Yoshida, Masato ; Kaino, Toshikuni ; Komatsu, Kyoji
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We report thick saturable absorber materials using PMMA and PS polymers with single-wall carbon nanotubes. These materials were easily optically polished on both surfaces and a 171 fs pulse was successfully generated in a passively mode-locked fiber laser.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; polishing; 1.5 mum; 171 fs; C; PMMA; PS; fiber laser; optical polish; polymer saturable absorber materials; pulse generation; single-wall carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical pulse shaping; Organic materials;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215895
