Title :
1070 NM passively mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber soliton laser with SWNT/PMMA saturable absorber
Author :
Hori, Yuichiro ; Zhang, Zuxing ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 2 2011
Abstract :
We report an Yb-doped fiber soliton laser emitting a femtosecond pulse train at 1.07 μm using an SWNT-incorporated PMMA saturable absorber. Stable passive mode locking was obtained at a pump power of 179 mW, and a 543-fs, 15.1-MHz pulse train was generated.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; nanotubes; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; ytterbium; PMMA; SWNT; femtosecond pulse train; frequency 15.1 MHz; passively mode-locked fiber soliton laser; power 179 mW; saturable absorber; wavelength 1070 nm; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Microopics Conference (MOC), 2011 17th
Conference_Location :
Sendai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1344-6
