DocumentCode
474637
Title
Widely tunable picosecond fiber ring laser mode-locked by a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)-polycarbonate composite film saturable absorber
Author
Wang, F. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Sun, Z. ; Rozhin, A. ; Scardaci, V. ; Ferrari, A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A widely tunable fiber ring laser, utilising a SWNT/polycarbonate film mode-locker and a 3-nm tunable filter, has been realized. 2.3 ps pulse generation over 27 nm spectral range is achieved for a constant pump power of 25 mW.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; mode locking; picosecond fiber ring laser; power 25 mW; pulse generation; single-wall carbon nanotube-polycarbonate composite film saturable absorber; time 2.3 ps; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Power lasers; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; (140, 3600) Lasers, tunable; (140, 4050) Mode-locked lasers; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
Type
conf
Filename
4572285
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