Ultrafast saturable absorbers based on carbon nanotubes and their applications to passively mode-locked fiber lasers

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Yamashita, Shinji ^a   Set, Sze Yun ^b   Goh, Chee Seong ^b   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Alnair Labs Corporation   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Fiber laser; Mode lock; Saturable absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33847113850     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.20272     Document Type: Article

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