Passive mode-locking with carbon nanotube saturable absorber in Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:Y0.9Gd0.1VO4 lasers operating at 1.34 μm

Garnov, S. V.; Solokhin, S. A.; Obraztsova, E. D.; Lobach, A. S.; Obraztsov, Petr A.; Chernov, A. I.; Bukin, V. V.; Sirotkin, A. A.; Zagumennyi, Y D; Zavartsev, Yu. D.; Kutovoĭ, S. A.; Щербаков, И. А.

doi:10.1002/lapl.200710040

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“…To date, SWNT-based SAs have been successfully used as mode-lockers in fiber lasers, [94,[96][97][98][145][146][147][148]153,156,186,191] waveguide lasers, [95] solid-state lasers, [149,150,189,311,312] and semiconductor lasers [155] at 1, 1.3, 1.55, 1.6, [97] and 1.9 mm. [152,207,313] A list of SWNT-based mode-lockers, their performance ranges, and specifications is presented in Table 1.…”

Section: Nanotube Composites As Mode-lockers For Ultrafast Lasersmentioning

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“…[21,45,[330][331][332][333] Thus far, fiber lasers are the most commonly mode-locked with SWNTs, [94,[96][97][98][145][146][147][148][149][150]153,[155][156][157][158][159]186,189,191] due to the ease of coupling SWNT-composites into a fiber laser. In addition, they normally require large modulation depths in order to stabilize the intracavity pulses, [45] which can be provided by the relatively large nonlinearity of the SWNT mode-lockers.…”

Section: Swnt-polymer Mode-locked Fiber Lasersmentioning

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Nanotube–Polymer Composites for Ultrafast Photonics

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Polymer composites are one of the most attractive near‐term means to exploit the unique properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. This is particularly true for composites aimed at electronics and photonics, where a number of promising applications have already been demonstrated. One such example is nanotube‐based saturable absorbers. These can be used as all‐optical switches, optical amplifier noise suppressors, or mode‐lockers to generate ultrashort laser pulses. Here, we review various aspects of fabrication, characterization, device implementation and operation of nanotube‐polymer composites to be used in photonic applications. We also summarize recent results on graphene‐based saturable absorbers for ultrafast lasers.

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Section: Nanotube Composites As Mode-lockers For Ultrafast Lasersmentioning

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Section: Swnt-polymer Mode-locked Fiber Lasersmentioning

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Nanotube–Polymer Composites for Ultrafast Photonics

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“…The final film consisted of 3 components: SWNTs, PvA and surfactant [3,6,15,16]. Cellulose and its derivatives represent another class of polymers which we used for fabrication of the SWNT saturable absorbers in the first time [5,7]. Cellulose is simultaneously an efficient surfactant [13] and the matrix material.…”

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“…The composite films have been fabricated by the original method [5,7]. Two types of polymers have been used: polyvinyl alcohol (PvA) and carboxymetylcellulose (CMC), one of the cellulose derivatives.…”

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Optical properties of polymer films with embedded single‐wall carbon nanotubes

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Obraztsova

Лобач

2007

Physica Status Solidi (b)

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In this work the thin polymer films (based on polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymetylcellulose) containing single-wall carbon nanotubes synthesized by different methods have been fabricated by a novel technology and studied in detail by UV-VIS -NIR optical absorption and Raman scattering techniques. The films are prospective as an optical material with a high non-linearity. This property allows using them as ultra-fast saturable absorbers in different laser schemes, especially, in fiber lasers. The optical spectroscopy has been used for optimization of several film parameters: an optical density, a thickness, a level of scattered light and proximity of the film absorption bands to the operation wavelengths of different solid state lasers.

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“…SWCNT-SAs have been successfully employed in mode-locking of Er-, Yb-, Cr-, and Tm-doped lasers from 1 to 2 μm wavelengths [4][5][6][7]. What's more, the passively mode-locked Nd-doped lasers based on SWCNT-SAs operating at 1.0 and 1.3 μm have been also reported [8][9][10]. The experimental results indicated that SWCNT-SAs were excellent saturable absorber for mode-locked lasers.…”

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Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Lu0.33Y0.37Gd0.3VO4 laser using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

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Abstract:A diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Lu0.33Y0.37Gd0.3VO4 (Nd:LuYGdVO4) laser at 1.06 μm with a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber is demonstrated. At the incident pump power 9.1 W, the minimum pulse width of 52 ns and the maximum peak power 66.5 W can be obtained. In order to compare different gain media, the passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO 4 and Nd:Lu 0.15 Y 0.85 VO 4 (Nd:LuYVO 4 ) lasers under the same laser cavity are also investigated. The experimental results show that Nd:LuYGdVO 4 crystal is more suitable for passively Q-switched laser with single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber than Nd:LuVO4 or Nd:LuYVO4 crystals.

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Passive mode-locking with carbon nanotube saturable absorber in Nd:GdVO₄ and Nd:Y_0.9Gd_0.1VO₄ lasers operating at 1.34 μm

Cited by 115 publications

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Nanotube–Polymer Composites for Ultrafast Photonics

Nanotube–Polymer Composites for Ultrafast Photonics

Optical properties of polymer films with embedded single‐wall carbon nanotubes

Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Lu0.33Y0.37Gd0.3VO4 laser using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

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