Tunable mode-locked soliton fibre laser based on single-walled carbon nanotubes

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Reduan, Siti Aisyah, Ismail, Mohammad Faizal, Thambiratnam, Kavintheran
• Format: Article
• Published: Kvantovaya Elektronika and Turpion Ltd 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22653/; https://doi.org/10.1070/QEL16287

A soliton fibre laser with a tunable mode-locked output is proposed and demonstrated. The laser is based on a conventional erbium-doped fibre and uses single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as a saturable absorber (SA). Tuning is performed using a tunable Mach – Zehnder filter (TMZF). The SWCNT-bas...