All fiber mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser using single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded into polyvinyl alcohol film as saturable absorber

作者：Ahmed M H M; Ali N M; Salleh Z S; Rahman A A; Harun S W; Manaf M; Arof H^*

来源：Optics and Laser Technology, 2014, 62: 40-43.

DOI：10.1016/j.optlastec.2014.02.012

• Single-walled carbon nanotubes
• Mode-locking
• Passive saturable absorber

We experimentally demonstrate an all-fiber mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), which is embedded into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a saturable absorber. The laser generates a self-starting dissipative soliton pulse, which operates in 1533.6 nm region without any additional spectral filter as a 980 nm pump power is increased above the threshold value of 35.2 mW, respectively. The output solitons have a pulse duration of 1.8 Ps with a repetition rate of 15.3 MHz. At pump power of 71.0 mW, the pulse energy and peak power are approximately 0.28 nJ and 148 W.

• 出版日期2014-10