Title :
Ultrashort pulse laser generation in ring-type EDFL using carbon-nanotube saturable absorber
Author :
Mohamad, H. ; Yusoff, N. Md ; Abu Bakar, M.H. ; Shahabuddin, N.S. ; Abdul-Rashid, H.A. ; Yusoff, Z. ; Ismail, A. ; Anas, S. B Ahmad ; Mahdi, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Wireless & Photonics Networks Res. Center, Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Abstract :
This study investigates the capability of an ultrashort pulse laser in a ring cavity of erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL). Generation of pulses was performed by inserting a carbon-nanotube saturable absorber in this EDFL. Mode-locked laser was achieved with an average power of 20mW and a peak power of 3.37kW. Pulse duration laser of 950fs with repetition rate of 6.24MHz was obtained at 3dB bandwidth of 3.65nm. Higher power with better pulse duration can be achieved by optimizing the cavity length.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; C; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; cavity length optimization; erbium-doped fiber laser; mode locked laser; pulse duration laser; ring cavity; ring-type EDFL; time 950 fs; ultrashort pulse laser generation; wavelength 3.65 nm; Irrigation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Ring lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kata Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-265-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-263-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2011.6106865
