DocumentCode
500303
Title
Fiber laser with enhanced modelocking using a carbon nanotube-filled micro-Slot saturable absorber
Author
Martinez, Amos ; Zhou, Kaiming ; Bennion, Ian ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose a robust, compact, low-loss saturable absorber consisting of a liquid core waveguide, engraved in an optical fiber and filled with carbon nanotubes. Enhanced modelocking in an all-fiber configuration is achieved.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; micro-optomechanical devices; optical fibre fabrication; optical saturable absorption; all-fiber configuration; carbon nanotube-filled microslot saturable absorber; enhanced modelocking; fiber laser; liquid core waveguide; low-loss saturable absorber; optical fiber engraving; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser modes; Microfluidics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Ultrafast optics; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (190.4400) Nonlinear Optics, Materials;
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
5225690
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