DocumentCode :
1331633
Title :
An All-Fiber 2- 
m Wavelength-Tunable Mode-Locked Laser
Author :
Fang, Qiang ; Kieu, Khanh ; Peyghambarian, Nasser
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Volume :
22
Issue :
22
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
1656
Lastpage :
1658
Abstract :
We report an all-fiber thulium-doped wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser operating near 2 μm . Reliable self-starting mode locking over a large tuning range (>50 nm) using a fiber-taper-based carbon nanotube saturable absorber is observed. Spectral tuning is achieved by stretching another fiber taper. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an all-fiber wavelength tunable mode-locked laser near 2 μm .
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical saturable absorption; thulium; C; JkJk:Tm; fiber-taper-based carbon nanotube saturable absorber; laser tuning; spectral tuning; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Pump lasers; Midinfrared; mode-locking; saturable absorber (SA); tunable;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2077736
Filename :
5582205
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