Title :
420 fs pulses from an ultrafast laser inscribed waveguide laser utilizing a carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Author :
Beecher, S.J. ; Thomson, R.R. ; Psaila, N.D. ; Kar, A.K. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Rozhin, A.G. ; Ferrari, A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We report the generation of 420 fs pulses of 1.56 µm light from a mode-locked ultrafast laser inscribed Er-doped waveguide laser. Passive mode-locking was achieved using a carbon nanotube saturable absorber.
Keywords :
Carbon nanotubes; Glass; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
