Ultrafast erbium-doped fiber laser mode-locked by a carbon nanotube saturable absorber

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sun, Z ^a   Rozhin, A G ^a   Wang, F ^a   Milne, W I ^a   Penty, R V ^a   White, I H ^a   Ferrari, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FS PULSE; MODE-LOCKED; OUTPUT SPECTRAL; PULSE FIBER LASER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ULTRA-FAST;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON OPTICS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 71049130670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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