Title :
Waveguide-type saturable absorber based on single walled-carbon nanotubes for laser mode-locking
Author :
Hwanseong Jeong ; Sun Young Choi ; Jeong, Eun Il ; Sang Jun Cha ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Dong-Il Yeom
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We successfully report the waveguide-type saturable absorber using single walled-carbon nanotubes for ultrafast fiber mode-locking. The mode-locked laser delivers stable 602 fs pulses with average output power of 8.6 mW at 11.25 MHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; C; laser mode-locking; single walled-carbon nanotubes; time 602 fs; ultrafast fiber mode-locking; waveguide-type saturable absorber; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600490
