Title :
Low timing jitter fiber laser passively mode-locked by Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Author :
Wong, Jia Haur ; Wu, Kan ; Ouyang, Chunmei ; Wang, Honghai ; Liui, Huan Huan ; Aditya, Sheel ; Shum, Perry Ping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an erbium-doped fiber laser which is passively mode-locked by Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) saturable absorber. Generating 600 fs pulses at 120 MHz repetition rate, this laser exhibits a low rms timing jitter of 35 fs [10 Hz, 10 MHz]. To the best of our knowledge, this is the lowest timing jitter observed from a fiber laser passively mode-locked by SWCNTs.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; timing jitter; C; JkJk:Er; frequency 10 Hz to 120 MHz; low timing jitter fiber laser; passive mode locking; pulse generation; saturable absorber; single-wall carbon nanotubes; time 35 fs; time 600 fs; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9882-6
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2010.5706058
