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

    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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