Title :
Fabrication and characterization of Carbon Nanotube— polymer saturable absorbers for mode-locked lasers
Author :
Uchida, Sho ; Martinez, Amos ; Song, Yong-Won ; Ishigure, Takaaki ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Physico-Inf., Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
A method to fabricate carbon nanotube-doped polymer composites is proposed and the merits of adding dopants to the material are analyzed. Passive mode-locked lasing is demonstrated using a thin-film CNT-based saturable absorber.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; composite materials; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; carbon nanotube-doped polymer composite; mode-locked laser; polymer saturable absorber; thin-film CNT-based saturable absorber; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical materials; Optical polymers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (160.5470) Polymers; (190.4400) Nonlinear Optics, Materials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
