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

Nanophotonics

Sergeyev Sergey¹  Rozhin Aleksey¹  Al Araimi Mohammed²  Zhao Chang³  Dai Lilong³  Mou Chengbo³  Huang Qianqian³  Huang Zinan³ 

[1]Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK

[2]Higher College of Technology, PO Box 74, Postal Code 133, Al-Khuwair, Sultanate of Oman

[3]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, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China

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

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2020-0446

来源: DOAJ

【 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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