Title :
Nanotube-based passively mode-locked Raman laser
Author :
Castellani, C.E.S. ; Kelleher, E.J.R. ; Travers, J.C. ; Popa, D. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Ferrari, A.C. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate passive mode-locking of a Raman fiber laser using a nanotube-based saturable absorber. The normal dispersion cavity generates highly-chirped 500 ps pulses that are compressed down to 2 ps, with 1.4 kW peak power.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; chirp modulation; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanotube devices; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical saturable absorption; Raman fiber laser; highly chirped pulses; nanotube based passively mode locked Raman laser; nanotube based saturable absorber; normal dispersion cavity; power 4 kW; time 2 ps; time 500 ps; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
