Title :
Passive mode-locking of a Ti:Sapphire laser using low-dimensional carbon nanostructures
Author :
Baek, I.H. ; Choi, S.Y. ; Lee, H.W. ; Cho, W.B. ; Petrov, V. ; Agnesi, A. ; Pasiskevicius, V. ; Yeom, D.-I. ; Kim, K. ; Hong, B.H. ; Rotermund, F.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We report on passive mode-locking of a Ti:sapphire laser employing novel saturable absorbers based on low-dimensional carbon nanostructures such as single-walled carbon nanotubes and monolayer graphene. The mode-locked operation with both saturable absorbers were characterized and compared to pure Kerr-lens mode-locking.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; graphene; laser mode locking; nanostructured materials; optical saturable absorption; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; C; Kerr-lens mode-locking; laser passive mode-locking; low-dimensional carbon nanostructures; monolayer graphene; saturable absorbers; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Absorption; Carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Solid lasers;
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.2011.6193832
