Open Access147 fs, 51 MHz soliton fiber laser at 156 μm with a fiber-connector-type SWNT/P3HT saturable absorber
Author(s) -
Fumio Shohda,
Takafumi Shirato,
Masataka Nakazawa,
Junji Mata,
Jun Tanida
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.020943
Subject(s) - saturable absorption , materials science , fiber laser , optics , soliton , laser , cable gland , fiber , carbon nanotube , optoelectronics , pulse (music) , nanotechnology , composite material , telecommunications , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , computer science , detector
We fabricated a fiber-connector-type saturable absorber in which SWNTs and P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) were coated on the fiber connector end. This saturable absorber allowed us to realize a short laser cavity length. We used a soliton cavity configuration to generate the shortest pulse (147 fs) at the highest repetition rate (51 MHz) yet obtained with carbon nanotubes (CNT) related saturable absorbers.