Title :
Broadband ultrafast pulse generation with double wall carbon nanotubes
Author :
Hasan, T. ; Sun, Z. ; Popa, D. ; Kelleher, E.J.R. ; Bonaccorso, F. ; Flahaut, E. ; Torrisi, F. ; Trushkevych, O. ; Privitera, G. ; Nicolosi, V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate DWNT-polymer composites as passive mode-lockers for dual wavelength ultrafast pulse generation at 1 and 1.5μm in Yb- and Er-doped fiber laser cavities.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; composite materials; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; polymers; ytterbium; C; DWNT-polymer composites; Er-doped fiber laser cavities; Yb-doped fiber laser cavities; broadband ultrafast pulse generation; double wall carbon nanotubes; passive mode-lockers; wavelength 1 mum; wavelength 1.5 mum; Correlation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonics; Pulse generation; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943668
