Degradation of optical properties of a film-type single-wall carbon nanotubes saturable absorber (SWNT-SA) with an Er-doped all-fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12966-12974

  Ryu, Sung Yoon ^a   Kim, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Jungwon ^a   Kim, Soohyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEGRADATION; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ALL-FIBER LASERS; ER-DOPED; FEMTOSECOND MODE-LOCKED LASER; FS PULSE; LASER PUMP POWER; LONG TERM STABILITY; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK INTENSITY; REPETITION RATE; SANDWICH TYPES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863769543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012966     Document Type: Article

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