Passive mode locking of Yb:KLuW using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

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作者：

Schmidt, Andreas ^{[1
]}

Rivier, Simon ^{[1
]}

Steinmeyer, Guenter ^{[1
]}

Yim, Jong Hyuk ^{[2
]}

Cho, Won Bae ^{[2
]}

Lee, Soonil ^{[2
]}

Rotermund, Fabian ^{[2
]}

Pujol, Maria C. ^{[3
]}

Mateos, Xavier ^{[3
]}

Aguilo, Magdalena ^{[3
]}

Diaz, Francesc ^{[3
]}

Petrov, Valentin ^{[1
]}

Griebner, Uwe ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Born Inst, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

[2] Ajou Univ, Div Energy Syst Res, Suwon 443749, South Korea

[3] Univ Rovira & Virgili, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 33卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.33.000729

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Mode locking of an Yb-doped bulk laser in the 1 le,m spectral range using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA) is demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge. Passive mode locking of an Yb:KLuW laser resulted in nearly transform-limited pulses as short as 115 fs at 1048 nm. In addition, the nonlinear response of the SWCNT SA was measured, yielding a modulation depth of 0.25% and a relaxation time of 750 fs. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.

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页数：3

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