Ultrashort pulse generation in bulk solid-state lasers using carbon nanotube saturable absorbers

Author

Choi, S.Y. ; Cho, W.B. ; Yim, J.H. ; Lee, S. ; Yeom, D.-I. ; Steinmeyer, G. ; Petrov, V. ; Griebner, U. ; Ahn, Y.H. ; Kim, K. ; Lim, H. ; Rotemund, F.

Author_Institution

Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Novel transmission- and reflection-type ultrafast saturable absorbers were developed based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Their nonlinear optical characteristics, crucial for mode-locking, such as modulation depth, saturation fluence and recovery time were studied. Additionally, we demonstrated passive mode-locking of different bulk solid-state lasers operating above 1 mum using these SWCNT-SAs and achieved stable femtosecond pulses without q-switching instabilities.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; C; bulk solid-state lasers; carbon nanotube saturable absorbers; modulation depth; passive mode-locking; ultrashort pulse generation; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical saturation; Pulse generation; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5416-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5417-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324913

Filename

5324913