A compact, high power, ultrafast laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Sun, Z ^a   Rozhin, A G ^a   Wang, F ^a   Hasan, T ^a   Popa, D ^a   O'Neill, W ^a   Ferrari, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; AVERAGE POWER; COMPACT SOURCES; ERBIUM DOPED; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; HIGH-POWER; HIGHLY CHIRPED PULSE; MODE-LOCKED; PEAK POWER; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST LASER;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; LASER SURGERY; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 73449116021     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275866     Document Type: Article

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