Title :
High energy all-fiber passively mode locked laser based on a Carbon nanotube-filled micro channel
Author :
Martinez, Amos ; Zhou, Kaiming ; Bennion, Ian ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
We present a novel saturable absorber design based on a femtosecond-laser processed micro-fluidic channel filled with a carbon nanotube solution. All fiber high energy (13.5 dBm output power) passive mode-locked lasing is demonstrated.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; microchannel flow; microfluidics; optical saturable absorption; C; all-fiber laser; carbon nanotube; femtosecond-laser processing; high energy laser; microchannel; microfluidic channel; passive mode locking; saturable absorber design; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Thermal spraying; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610486
