Title :
A passively mode-locked femtosecond soliton fiber laser at 1.5 µm with a CNT-doped polycarbonate saturable absorber
Author :
Shohda, Fumio ; Shirato, Takafumi ; Nakazawa, Masataka ; Komatsu, Kyoji ; Kaino, Toshikuni
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We report a new 1.5 mum passively mode-locked fiber laser incorporating a CNT-doped polycarbonate as a polymer saturable absorber. A 115-fs, 39-MHz soliton pulse was successfully generated with an average output power of 3.4 mW.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; CNT-doped polycarbonate saturable absorber; carbon nanotube; femtosecond soliton fiber laser; laser pulse generation; optical polymer; passively mode-locked fiber laser; power 3.4 mW; time 115 fs; wavelength 1.5 mum; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical polymers; Optical solitons; Power generation; Ultrafast optics; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
