Title :
Single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber mode-locked Yb:LuScO3 laser
Author :
Schmidt, Andreas ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Peters, Rigo ; Petermann, Klaus ; Huber, Günter ; Cho, Won Bae ; Yim, Jong Hyuk ; Lee, Soonil ; Rotermund, Fabian
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short-Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Mode-locking of the disordered cubic sesquioxide crystal Yb:LuScO3 using a reflection-type single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber is demonstrated under diode pumping and compared with passive mode-locking by a commercial SESAM.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; LuScO3:Yb; diode pumped laser; disordered cubic sesquioxide crystal; saturable absorber mode locked laser; single walled carbon nanotube laser; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; (160.4236) Nanomaterials;
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
