Carbon nanotube-polymer composites for photonic devices

被引:43
作者
Scardaci, V. [1 ]
Rozhin, A. G.
Hennrich, F.
Milne, W. I.
Ferrari, A. C.
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge CB3 0FA, England
[2] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Nanotechnol, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
carbon nanotubes; mode locking; nanotube polymer composites; carbon nanotube dispersion; PVA; EDFA;
D O I
10.1016/j.physe.2006.08.001
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
We report the fabrication of high optical quality single wall carbon nanotube polyvinyl alcohol composites and their application in nanotube based photonic devices. These show a broad absorption of semiconductor tubes centred at similar to 1. 55 mu m, the spectral range of interest for optical communications. The films are used as mode-lockers in an erbium doped fibre laser, achieving similar to 700 fs mode-locked pulses. Raman spectroscopy shows no damage after a long time continuous laser operation. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:115 / 118
页数:4
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