Phase-stabilized 167 MHz repetition frequency carbon nanotube fiber laser frequency comb

Author

Lim, Jinkang ; Knabe, Kevin ; Wang, Yishan ; Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo ; Couny, François ; Light, Philip S. ; Benabid, Fetah ; Knight, Jonathan C. ; Corwin, Kristan L. ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Washburn, Brian R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The frequency comb generated by a high repetition frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser using carbon nanotube saturable absorber is phase-stabilized for the first time. The comb´s stability is compared a photonic crystal fiber acetylene reference.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; laser stability; ring lasers; JkJk:Er; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; fiber ring laser; frequency 167 MHz; phase stabilized carbon nanotube fiber laser; repetition frequency carbon nanotube fiber laser frequency comb; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser stability; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (120.3930) Metrological instrumentation; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224463