• DocumentCode
    2017226
  • Title

    Polymer saturable absorber materials in 1.5 μm band using PMMA and ps with single-wall carbon nanotubes

  • Author

    Nakazawa, Masataka ; Nakahara, Seiji ; Hirooka, Toshihiko ; Yoshida, Masato ; Kaino, Toshikuni ; Komatsu, Kyoji

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We report thick saturable absorber materials using PMMA and PS polymers with single-wall carbon nanotubes. These materials were easily optically polished on both surfaces and a 171 fs pulse was successfully generated in a passively mode-locked fiber laser.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; polishing; 1.5 mum; 171 fs; C; PMMA; PS; fiber laser; optical polish; polymer saturable absorber materials; pulse generation; single-wall carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical pulse shaping; Organic materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215895
  • Filename
    1636926