title: A 31 mW, 280 fs passively mode-locked fiber soliton laser using a high heat-resistant SWNT/P3HT saturable absorber coated with siloxane.
abstract: We report a substantial increase in the heat resistance in a connector-type single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) saturable absorber by sealing SWNT/P3HT composite with siloxane. By applying the saturable absorber to a passively mode-locked Er fiber laser, we successfully demonstrated 280 fs, 31 mW pulse generation with a fivefold improvement in heat resistance.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan. t-ono@riec.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takato
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirooka
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013814:Thermal Conductivity
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D012833:Siloxanes; C526212:poly(3-hexyl)selenophene