title: Mode-locked fiber laser using an SU8/SWCNT saturable absorber.
abstract: We report the fabrication of a saturable absorber based on SU8 single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) composite material. Thin films with a controllable thickness can be fabricated using a simple and reliable process. These films can be inserted between two FC/APC connectors in order to have an inline saturable absorber. A passive mode-locked laser was built by interleaving the fiberized saturable absorber in an erbium-doped fiber (L-band) ring cavity laser. The laser produces 871 fs pulses with a repetition rate of 21.27 MHz and a maximum average power of 1 mW.
authors.affiliation: Photonics and Optical Physics Laboratory, Optics Department, INAOE, Apdo. Postal 51 y 216, Tonantzintla, Puebla 7200, México. heriromano@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Romano
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mandridis
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: May-Arrioja
authors.forename: Jose J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Mondragon
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon