Title :
Mode-locked fiber lasers based on a saturable absorber incorporating carbon nanotubes
Author :
Set, S.Y. ; Yaguchi, H. ; Tanaka, Y. ; Jablonski, M. ; Sakakibara, Y. ; Rozhin, A. ; Tokumoto, M. ; Kataura, H. ; Achiba, Y. ; Kikuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Alnair Labs Corp., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
A novel passively mode-locked fiber laser is demonstrated using saturable absorber based on single-walled carbon nanotubes. This is the first demonstration of an optical pulsed laser based on carbon nanotube technology.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; C; optical pulsed laser; passively mode-locked fiber lasers; saturable absorber; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser ablation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248625
