Title :
Carbon nanotube-doped polymer optical fiber: Fabrication and application to passively mode-locked laser
Author :
Uchida, Sho ; Martinez, Amos ; Song, Yong-Won ; Ishigure, Takaaki ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Physico-Inf., Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We present a novel, simple method to fabricate polymer optical fiber (POF) doped with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Passive mode-locking utilizing such fiber as a saturable absorber is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; carbon nanotube-doped polymer optical fiber; passively mode-locked fiber laser; saturable absorber; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Spraying;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688794
