DocumentCode
520223
Title
A film-type saturable absorber with p3ht-incorporated single-wall carbon nanotubes coated on polyamide and its application to a femtosecond fiber laser
Author
Shohda, Fumio ; Nakazawa, Masataka ; Mata, Junji ; Tsukamoto, Jun
Author_Institution
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report a film-type SWNT/P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) saturable absorber coated on polyamide, in which the saturable absorption effect can be controlled with the number of films. A 113-fs, 42-MHz pulse was successfully generated with two films.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; P3HT-incorporated single-wall carbon nanotubes; femtosecond fiber laser; film-type saturable absorber; frequency 42 MHz; poly-3-hexylthiophene; polyamide; time 113 fs; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499792
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