Title :
Observation of various bound solitons of a fiber laser with carbon nanotubes and graphene as saturable absorbers
Author :
Gui, Lili ; Xiao, Xiaosheng ; Yang, Changxi ; Yang, Xin ; Zhu, Jinsong ; Li, Xiao ; Zhu, Hongwei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
Both in-phase and anti-phase two-soliton bound states were observed in a carbon-nanotube based mode-locked fiber laser. This paper also reports preliminary results of bound states with graphene as the saturable absorber for the first time.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; graphene; optical saturation; optical solitons; anti-phase two-soliton bound states; carbon nanotubes; fiber laser; graphene; in-phase two-soliton bound states; saturable absorbers; various bound solitons; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193792
