F. Rotermund, W. B. Cho, S. Y. Choi, I. H. Baek, J. H. Yim, S. Lee, A. Schmidt, G. Steinmeyer, U. Griebner, D. I. Yeom, K. Kim, V. Petrov, “Mode-locking of solid-state lasers by single-walled carbon-nanotube based saturable absorbers”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 8,Pages <nobr>663

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Control of laser radiation parameters

Mode-locking of solid-state lasers by single-walled carbon-nanotube based saturable absorbers

F. Rotermund^a, W. B. Cho^a, S. Y. Choi^a, I. H. Baek^a, J. H. Yim^a, S. Lee^a, A. Schmidt^b, G. Steinmeyer^b, U. Griebner^b, D. I. Yeom^a, K. Kim^a, V. Petrov^b

^a Division of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Korea
^b Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Germany

Abstract: Universal use of single-walled carbon-nanotube based saturable absorber devices for mode-locking of bulk solid-state lasers between 0.8 and 2 μm is discussed. The advantages in comparison to semiconductor saturable absorbers are emphasised. We briefly describe the manufacturing process and the essential optical properties, and review experimental results obtained with various types of femtosecond and picosecond solid-state lasers in the steady-state regime. We also demonstrate that a single hybrid saturable absorber used in transmission can be used to mode-lock four different types of lasers operating between 1 and 2 μm.

Keywords: single-walled carbon nanotubes, passive mode-locking, solid-state lasers.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Fc, 61.48.De

Received: 08.11.2011