Title :
Generation of Few-Cycle Pulses From an Amplified Carbon Nanotube Mode-Locked Fiber Laser System
Author :
Kieu, K. ; Jones, R. Jason ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We report a simple femtosecond fiber laser system based on a carbon nanotube saturable absorber that is capable of generating 14-fs pulses (containing less than four optical cycles) with optical spectrum extending from 1000 nm to around 1500 nm.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanotube devices; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; C; amplified carbon nanotube; femtosecond fiber laser; few-cycle pulse generation; mode locking; optical spectrum; saturable absorber; time 14 fs; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Carbon nanotube saturable absorber (CNT SA); few-cycle optical pulses; mode-locking; supercontinuum (SC) generation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2063423
