DocumentCode
500153
Title
Mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser with carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Author
Kieu, K. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report mode-locking of an all-fiber thulium/holmium (Tm/Ho) co-doped laser with a saturable absorber based on a fiber taper embedded in carbon nanotube/polymer composite (FTCNTPC). 750 fs soliton pulses are generated at wavelength around 1890 nm.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; holmium; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; thulium; Jk:Tm,Ho; carbon nanotube; fiber taper; mode-locked laser; polymer composite; saturable absorber; soliton pulses; thulium-doped fiber laser; thulium/holmium co-doped laser; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulse generation; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (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
5225535
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