Laser mode locking using a saturable absorber incorporating carbon nanotubes

被引：525

作者：

Set, SY ^{[1
]}

Yaguchi, H ^{[1
]}

Tanaka, Y ^{[1
]}

Jablonski, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Alnair Labs, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320015, Japan

来源：

JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY | 2004年 / 22卷 / 01期

关键词：

carbon nanotube; mode locking; picosecond fiber laser; pulsed laser; saturable absorber; soliton;

D O I：

10.1109/JLT.2003.822205

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

This paper describes a new class of saturable absorber device based on single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)-the saturable absorber incorporating nano tube (SAINT). The device possesses ultrafast optical properties comparable to that of the industrial standard semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). Passively mode-locked picosecond fiber lasers in different configurations are demonstrated using SAINTs as mode lockers. This is the first demonstration of optical pulsed lasers based on the carbon nanotube technology, and the first practical application of carbon nanotubes in the field of applied optics.

引用

页码：51 / 56

页数：6

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