All-fiber Yb-doped laser mode-locked by nanotubes
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2013
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2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC
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IEEE
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Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and graphene have emerged as promising saturable absorbers (SAs), due to their broad operation bandwidth and fast recovery times [1-3]. However, Yb-doped fiber lasers mode-locked using CNT and graphene SAs have generated relatively long pulses. All-fiber cavity designs are highly favored for their environmental robustness. Here, we demonstrate an all-fiber Yb-doped laser based on a SWNT saturable absorber, which allows generation of 8.7 ps-long pulses, externally compressed to 118 fs. To the best of our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses obtained with SWNT SAs from a Yb-doped fiber laser. © 2013 IEEE.
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Carbon nanotubes, Fiber lasers, Graphene, Locks (fasteners), Mode-locked fiber lasers, Quantum electronics, Saturable absorbers, Semiconductor quantum wells, Ytterbium, Cavity design, Environmental robustness, Fast recovery, Laser-based, Long pulse, Mode-locked, Operation bandwidth, Yb-doped fiber lasers, Electron optics