DocumentCode
521314
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
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5500930
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