Mode-locked fiber laser using SU8 resist incorporating carbon nanotubes

Ivan Hernandez-Romano; Dimitrios Mandridis; Daniel A. May-Arrioja; Jose J. Sanchez-Mondragon; Peter J. Delfyett

doi:10.1117/12.884358

4 May 2011 Mode-locked fiber laser using SU8 resist incorporating carbon nanotubes

Ivan Hernandez-Romano, Dimitrios Mandridis, Daniel A. May-Arrioja, Jose J. Sanchez-Mondragon, Peter J. Delfyett

Proceedings Volume 8054, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications VII; 80540R (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884358
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We report the fabrication of a saturable absorber made of a novel polymer SU8 doped with Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs). A passive mode-locked ring cavity fiber laser was built with a 100 μm thick SU8/SWCNT film inserted between two FC/APC connectors. Self-starting passively mode-locked lasing operation was observed at 1572.04 nm, with a FWHM of 3.26 nm. The autocorrelation trace was 1.536 ps corresponding to a pulse-width of 871 fs. The time-bandwidth product was 0.344, which is close enough to transform-limited sech squared pulses. The repetition rate was 21.27 MHz, and a maximum average output power of 1 mW was also measured.

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Ivan Hernandez-Romano, Dimitrios Mandridis, Daniel A. May-Arrioja, Jose J. Sanchez-Mondragon, and Peter J. Delfyett "Mode-locked fiber laser using SU8 resist incorporating carbon nanotubes", Proc. SPIE 8054, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications VII, 80540R (4 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884358

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