Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube-polymer saturable absorbers for mode-locked lasers

2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Uchida, Sho ^a   Martinez, Amos ^b   Song, Yong Won ^c   Ishigure, Takaaki ^a   Yamashita, Shinji ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON OPTICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTRO-OPTICS; LASER SCIENCE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

LASERS;

EID: 51349147079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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