Title :
Waveguide-type saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes
Author :
Kashiwagi, K. ; Yamashita, S. ; Nasu, Y. ; Yaguchi, H. ; Goh, C.S. ; Set, S.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a waveguide-type saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). It was applied to a mode-locked fiber laser. The results indicate the possibility of realizing integrated CNT device for ultrafast systems.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; carbon nanotubes; fiber laser; integrated CNT device; mode-locked laser; saturable absorber; ultrafast systems; waveguide-type absorber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
