Saturable absorbers incorporating carbon nanotubes directly synthesized onto substrates and fibers and their application to mode-locked fiber lasers

S. Yamashita, Y. Inoue, S. Maruyama, Y. Murakami, H. Yaguchi, M. Jablonski, and S. Y. Set

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S. Yamashita,1 Y. Inoue,1 S. Maruyama,2 Y. Murakami,2 H. Yaguchi,3 M. Jablonski,3 and S. Y. Set3

1Department of Frontier Informatics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

3Alnair Labs Corporation, Kawaguchi-city, Saitama 332-0015, Japan

Corresponding author: syama@ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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  • History
    • Original Manuscript: December 18, 2003
    • Published: July 15, 2004

Abstract

We present novel carbon-nanotube-based saturable absorbers. Using the low-temperature alcohol catalytic chemical-vapor deposition method, high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were directly synthesized on quartz substrates and fiber ends. We successfully applied the SWNTs to mode lock a fiber laser producing subpicosecond pulses at a 50-MHz repetition rate.

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