Fabrication of PDMS/SWCNT thin films as saturable absorbers

We present a novel technique to fabricate a saturable absorber thin film based on Polydimethylsiloxane doped with Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Using this film a passive mode-locked fiber laser in a standard ring cavity configuration was built by inserting the film between two angled connectors. Sel...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2011-01, Vol.274 (1), p.012118-5
Main Authors: Hernandez-Romano, I, Davila-Rodriguez, J, May-Arrioja, D A, Sanchez-Mondragon, J J, Delfyett, P J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorbers
Connectors
Fiber lasers
Holes
Laser mode locking
Lasers
Physics
Polydimethylsiloxane
Silicone resins
Single wall carbon nanotubes
Thin films
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Summary:We present a novel technique to fabricate a saturable absorber thin film based on Polydimethylsiloxane doped with Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Using this film a passive mode-locked fiber laser in a standard ring cavity configuration was built by inserting the film between two angled connectors. Self-starting passively mode-locked laser operation was easily observed. The generated pulses have a width of 1.26 ps at a repetition rate of 22.7 MHz with an average power of 4.89 mW.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/274/1/012118