147 fs, 51 MHz soliton fiber laser at 1.56 µm with a fiber-connector-type SWNT/P3HT saturable absorber

Author

Shohda, Fumio ; Shirato, Takafumi ; Nakazawa, Masataka ; Mata, Junji ; Tsukamoto, Jun

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We fabricated a fiber-connector-type saturable absorber in which SWNTs and P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) were coated on the connector end. The pulse width was 147 fs and the repetition rate reached as high as 51 MHz.

Keywords

conducting polymers; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanotube devices; optical fibres; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; P3HT saturable absorber; SWNT saturable absorber; conductive polymer; fiber-connector-type saturable absorber; frequency 51 MHz; passive mode-locking; poly-3-hexylthiophene; single-walled nanotube; soliton fiber laser; time 147 fs; wavelength 1.56 mum; Connectors; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Polymers; Solitons; Solvents; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225417