Title :
Advances in SESAM and carbon nanotube saturable absorber mode locked fiber lasers
Author :
Zhang, Zhigang ; Zhang, Meng ; Chen, Lingling ; Jiao, Yiyang ; Tu, Zhao ; Ren, Ling ; Cai, Yue ; Zhou, Chun
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Univ. of Beijing, Beijing, China
Abstract :
The paper summarizes recent advances in Er and Yb doped mode locked fiber lasers with saturable absorbers such as semiconductor and carbon nanotube saturable absorbers.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor nanotubes; ytterbium; C; Er doped fiber lasers; JkJk:Er; JkJk:Yb; SESAM; Yb doped fiber lasers; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; linear cavity configuration; mode locked fiber lasers; ring cavity configuration; semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Semiconductor lasers; Fiber lasers; Mode locking; Saturable absorbers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292098
