Pulse shortening mode-locked fiber laser by thickness and concentration product of carbon nanotube based saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4036-4041

  Chiu, Jin Chen ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Hsieh, Bi Zen ^a   Lin, Shu Ching ^b   Yeh, Chao Yung ^c   Lin, Gong Ru ^b   Lee, Chao Kuei ^a   Lin, Jiang Jen ^b   Cheng, Wood Hi ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBER LASERS; LINEWIDTH; OPTIMIZATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BROAD SPECTRAL; KEY PARAMETERS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE SHORTENING; PULSEWIDTHS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952146846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004036     Document Type: Article

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