title: All-fiber polarization locked vector soliton laser using carbon nanotubes.
abstract: We report an all-fiber mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) employing carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer composite film. By using only standard telecom grade components, without any complex polarization control elements in the laser cavity, we have demonstrated polarization locked vector solitons generation with duration of ~583 fs, average power of ~3 mW (pulse energy of 118 pJ) at the repetition rate of ~25.7 MHz.
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Group, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET. mouc1@aston.ac.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sergeyev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozhin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turistyn
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004871:Erbium / Q000737:chemistry; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D004871:Erbium; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol