Ultrafast fiber pulsed lasers incorporating carbon nanotubes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Set, Sze Y ^a   Yaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Yuichi ^a   Jablonski, Mark ^a  

^a YK Building 2F   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Mode lock laser; Optical pulsed laser; Saturable absorber; Single wall carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESONATORS;

OPTICAL PULSED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2442573770     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.822912     Document Type: Article

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