Title :
Ultrafast Erbium-doped fiber laser mode-locked by a carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Author :
Sun, Z. ; Rozhin, A.G. ; Wang, F. ; Milne, W.I. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate an ultrafast stretched-pulse fiber laser mode-locked by a carbon nanotube based saturable absorber. 123 fs pulses at 1.56 mum are generated with an output spectral width of 32 nm.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; JkJk:Er; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; laser mode-locking; laser pulse generation; time 123 fs; ultrafast stretched-pulse fiber laser; wavelength 1.56 mum; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical saturation; Ultrafast optics; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (160.4330) Nonlinear optical materials; (320.7090) Ultrafast 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
