Hybrid mode locked fiber laser using a PDMS/SWCNT composite operating at 4 GHz

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3237-3242

  Hernandez Romano, Ivan ^a   Davila Rodriguez, J ^b   Mandridis, Dimitrios ^b   Sanchez Mondragon, Jose J ^a   May Arrioja, Daniel A ^c   Delfyett, Peter J ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Astrofsica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; fiber lasers; mode locked lasers; saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SYSTEMS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OUTPUT POWER; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PULSEWIDTHS; REPETITION RATE; RF-SPECTRUM; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON FIBERS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SILICONES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 80054852692     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2167654     Document Type: Article

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