Carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber lasers: recent progress and perspectives

Nanophotonics

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Lilong Dai¹  Zinan Huang¹  Qianqian Huang¹  Chang Zhao¹  Aleksey Rozhin²  Sergey Sergeyev²  Mohammed Al Araimi³  Chengbo Mou¹ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai University;Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University;Higher College of Technology

关键词: carbon nanotubes;    frequency comb;    mode-locked fiber lasers;    nanomaterials;    ultrafast photonics;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2020-0446

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess remarkable nonlinear optical properties; a particular application is to function as a mode locker used in ultrafast fiber lasers to produce ultrashort optical pulses. Various types of CNT saturable absorbers (SAs) and ultrafast fiber lasers have been demonstrated. In this review, typical fabrication process and development of CNT SAs are discussed and we highlight the recent investigation and progress of state-of-the-art ultrafast fiber lasers covering GHz, bidirectional ultrafast fiber lasers, vectorial mode fiber lasers, comb systems, and mode-locking dynamics. Our perspectives of ultrafast fiber lasers based on CNT SAs are given finally.

【 授权许可】

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