Carbon nanotubes for ultrafast fibre lasers

Nanophotonics

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Maria Chernysheva¹  Aleksey Rozhin²  Yuri Fedotov³  Chengbo Mou⁴  Raz Arif⁵  Sergey M. Kobtsev³  Evgeny M. Dianov⁶  Sergei K. Turitsyn¹ 

[1] Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University;Nanoscience Research Group and Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University;Division of Laser Physics and Innovative Technologies, Novosibirsk State University;Key Laboratory of Special Fiber Optics and Optical Access Network, Shanghai University;Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Sulaimani;Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

关键词: carbon nanotubes;    fibre laser;    saturable absorber;    sensing;    nanostructures;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2015-0156

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 both remarkable optical properties and high potential for integration in various photonic devices. We overview, here, recent progress in CNT applications in fibre optics putting particular emphasis on fibre lasers. We discuss fabrication and characterisation of different CNTs, development of CNT-based saturable absorbers (CNT-SA), their integration and operation in fibre laser cavities putting emphasis on state-of-the-art fibre lasers, mode locked using CNT-SA. We discuss new design concepts of high-performance ultrafast operation fibre lasers covering ytterbium (Yb), bismuth (Bi), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm) and holmium (Ho)-doped fibre lasers.

【 授权许可】

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