Abstract
We successfully fabricated a cascadable film-type single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) saturable absorber coated on aromatic polyamide film, in which the saturable absorption effect can be controlled with the number of films. A conductive polymer P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) was adopted to obtain a uniform SWNT solution. We applied saturable absorber films to a passively mode-locked fiber laser and successfully generated a 113 fs, 42 MHz pulse by inserting two film layers between fiber connectors in the cavity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9712-9721 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Apr 26 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics