Title :
Soliton Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser With Carbon Nanotube Saturable Absorber
Author :
Kieu, K. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We report stabilization of a thulium-holmium codoped fiber soliton laser with a saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes. The laser generates transform-limited 750-fs pulses with 0.5-nJ energy.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; thulium; C; JkJk:Tm; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; energy 0.5 nJ; laser mode-locking; soliton thulium-doped fiber laser; thulium-holmium codoped fiber soliton laser; time 750 fs; transform-limited laser pulses; Midinfrared; mode-locking; saturable absorber (SA); soliton pulse;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Conference_Location :
12/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2008727
