Title :
Stability enhancement of carbon-nanotube-based mode-locked fiber laser by Nitrogen sealing
Author :
Fuse, Kazuyuki ; Martinez, Amos ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We achieved stable mode locking of high-power fiber laser by sealing the carbon nanotube in Nitrogen gas. Little optical damage was observed in the sealed sample for 12 hours at 20dBm intracavity power.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; nanophotonics; C; carbon-nanotube-based mode-locked fiber laser; high-power fiber laser; intracavity power; nitrogen sealing; optical damage; stability enhancement; time 12 h; Laser mode locking; Nitrogen; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4