Title :
A noise suppressing saturable absorber at 1550 nm based on carbon nanotube technology
Author :
Set, S. ; Yaguchi, H. ; Jablonski, M. ; Tanaka, Y. ; Sakakibara, Y. ; Rozhin, A. ; Tokumoto, M. ; Kataura, H. ; Achiba, Y. ; Kikuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Alnair Labs Corp., Kawaguchi, Japan
Abstract :
We present an ultra-fast saturable absorber device based on single-walled carbon nanotubes. The saturable absorbing effect was observed using 1 ps optical pulses at 80 GHz. This device possesses promising characteristics for applications such as a noise suppressor or a mode-locker.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical noise; optical saturable absorption; signal processing equipment; 1 ps; 1550 nm; 80 GHz; C; mode-locker; noise suppressing saturable absorber; optical pulses; saturable absorbing effect; single-walled carbon nanotube technology; ultra-fast saturable absorber device; Chromatic dispersion; Delay; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical noise; Pulse measurements; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor device noise; Signal to noise ratio; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248528
