Title

Mode-locked fiber laser using an SU8/SWCNT saturable absorber

Authors

Authors

I. Hernandez-Romano; D. Mandridis; D. A. May-Arrioja; J. J. Sanchez-Mondragon;P. J. Delfyett

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; 1.5 MU-M; FEMTOSECOND LASER; PULSE; ABSORPTION; FILM; Optics

Abstract

We report the fabrication of a saturable absorber based on SU8 single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) composite material. Thin films with a controllable thickness can be fabricated using a simple and reliable process. These films can be inserted between two FC/APC connectors in order to have an inline saturable absorber. A passive mode-locked laser was built by interleaving the fiberized saturable absorber in an erbium-doped fiber ( L-band) ring cavity laser. The laser produces 871 fs pulses with a repetition rate of 21.27 MHz and a maximum average power of 1mW. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

36

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2122

Last Page

2124

WOS Identifier

WOS:000291149100058

ISSN

0146-9592

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