Title :
Fabrication and characterization of single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorbers for solid-state laser mode-locking near 1 μm
Author :
Yim, Jong Hyuk ; Lee, Soonil ; Cho, Won Bae ; Ahn, Yeong Hwan ; Kim, Kihong ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Steinmeyer, Günter ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon
Abstract :
Ultrafast single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorbers were fabricated and optimized for mode-locking solid-state lasers near 1 mum. Their typical modulation depth and recovery time were measured to be Gt 0.3% and ~ 750 fs, respectively.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; C; laser mode-locking; modulation depth; recovery time; single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorbers; solid-state laser; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Solid lasers; Spraying; Ultrafast optics; (160.4236) Nanomaterials; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
