Title :
Carbon nanotube fiber and waveguide devices for fiber laser mode locking and signal processing
Author :
Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We review our studies on passively mode-locked fiber lasers and nonlinear optical devices using carbon nanotube (CNT). CNT-based devices offer several key advantages such as: ultra-fast response, robustness, tunability of wavelength, and compatibility to fibers.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical information processing; optical tuning; optical waveguides; C; carbon nanotube fiber; fiber laser mode locking; nonlinear optical devices; optical tuning; passively mode-locked fiber lasers; signal processing; ultra-fast response; waveguide devices;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698959
