Title :
147 fs, 51 MHz soliton fiber laser at 1.56 µm with a fiber-connector-type SWNT/P3HT saturable absorber
Author :
Shohda, Fumio ; Shirato, Takafumi ; Nakazawa, Masataka ; Mata, Junji ; Tsukamoto, Jun
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated a fiber-connector-type saturable absorber in which SWNTs and P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) were coated on the connector end. The pulse width was 147 fs and the repetition rate reached as high as 51 MHz.
Keywords :
conducting polymers; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanotube devices; optical fibres; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; P3HT saturable absorber; SWNT saturable absorber; conductive polymer; fiber-connector-type saturable absorber; frequency 51 MHz; passive mode-locking; poly-3-hexylthiophene; single-walled nanotube; soliton fiber laser; time 147 fs; wavelength 1.56 mum; Connectors; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Polymers; Solitons; Solvents; (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
