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Zhang C, Zhang C, Li Y, Shi Y, Chao J, Zhao Y, Yang H, Fu B. Wavelength-tunable broadband lasers based on nanomaterials. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 34:492001. [PMID: 37666227 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acf66d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Nanomaterials are widely used in the fields of sensors, optoelectronics, biophotonics and ultrafast photonics due to their excellent mechanical, thermal, optical, electrical and magnetic properties. Particularly, owing to their nonlinear optical properties, fast response time and broadband operation, nanomaterials are ideal saturable absorption materials in ultrafast photonics, which contribute to the improvement of laser performance. Therefore, nanomaterials are of great importance to applications in wavelength-tunable broadband pulsed lasers. Herein, we review the integration and applications of nanomaterials in wavelength-tunable broadband ultrafast photonics. Firstly, the two integration methods, which are direct coupling and evanescent field coupling, and their characteristics are introduced. Secondly, the applications of nanomaterials in wavelength-tunable broadband lasers are summarized. Finally, the development of nanomaterials and broadband tunable lasers is reviewed and discussed.
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- Chenxi Zhang
- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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Chernysheva M, Mou C, Arif R, AlAraimi M, Rümmeli M, Turitsyn S, Rozhin A. High Power Q-Switched Thulium Doped Fibre Laser using Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composite Saturable Absorber. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24220. [PMID: 27063511 PMCID: PMC4827123 DOI: 10.1038/srep24220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We have proposed and demonstrated a Q-switched Thulium doped fibre laser (TDFL) with a 'Yin-Yang' all-fibre cavity scheme based on a combination of nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) and nonlinear amplified loop mirror (NALM). Unidirectional lasing operation has been achieved without any intracavity isolator. By using a carbon nanotube polymer composite based saturable absorber (SA), we demonstrated the laser output power of ~197 mW and pulse energy of 1.7 μJ. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power from a nanotube polymer composite SA based Q-switched Thulium doped fibre laser.
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- Maria Chernysheva
- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom
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- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom.,The Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Network, Shanghai University, 200072, Shanghai, China
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- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom.,Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq-Kurdistan Region
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- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom.,Engineering Department, Al Musanna College of Technology, 314, Muladdah Musanna, Sultanate of Oman
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- Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research, IFW, Helmholtzstraβe 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom.,Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom
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Dynamics of a Dispersion-Managed Passively Mode-Locked Er-Doped Fiber Laser Using Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. PHOTONICS 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics2030808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Xin W, Liu ZB, Sheng QW, Feng M, Huang LG, Wang P, Jiang WS, Xing F, Liu YG, Tian JG. Flexible graphene saturable absorber on two-layer structure for tunable mode-locked soliton fiber laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:10239-10247. [PMID: 24921727 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.010239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Using a two-layer structure consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to support graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), we demonstrate a flexible integrated graphene saturable absorber (SA) on microfiber for passive mode-locked soliton fiber laser. This method can optimize the light-graphene interaction by using evanescent field in the integration structure. Moreover, the fiber laser with the in-line microfiber-to-graphene SA can realize the tunabilities of both the 3dB bandwidth of output optical spectrum and the pulse width of soliton. This tunable mode-locked soliton laser has potential applications in optical communication, optical microscopy, and so on.
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Kawagoe H, Ishida S, Aramaki M, Sakakibara Y, Omoda E, Kataura H, Nishizawa N. Development of a high power supercontinuum source in the 1.7 μm wavelength region for highly penetrative ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 5:932-43. [PMID: 24688825 PMCID: PMC3959847 DOI: 10.1364/boe.5.000932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We developed a high power supercontinuum source at a center wavelength of 1.7 μm to demonstrate highly penetrative ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT). A single-wall carbon nanotube dispersed in polyimide film was used as a transparent saturable absorber in the cavity configuration and a high-repetition-rate ultrashort-pulse fiber laser was realized. The developed SC source had an output power of 60 mW, a bandwidth of 242 nm full-width at half maximum, and a repetition rate of 110 MHz. The average power and repetition rate were approximately twice as large as those of our previous SC source [20]. Using the developed SC source, UHR-OCT imaging was demonstrated. A sensitivity of 105 dB and an axial resolution of 3.2 μm in biological tissue were achieved. We compared the UHR-OCT images of some biological tissue samples measured with the developed SC source, the previous one, and one operating in the 1.3 μm wavelength region. We confirmed that the developed SC source had improved sensitivity and penetration depth for low-water-absorption samples.
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- H. Kawagoe
- Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
- JST, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 330-0012, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
- JST, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 330-0012, Japan
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- Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Nishizawa N, Nozaki Y, Itoga E, Kataura H, Sakakibara Y. Dispersion-managed, high-power, Er-doped ultrashort-pulse fiber laser using carbon-nanotube polyimide film. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:21874-21879. [PMID: 22109039 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.021874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We investigated a dispersion-managed, passively mode-locked, ultrashort-pulse, Er-doped fiber laser using a polyimide film containing dispersed single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and examined the dependence on net cavity dispersion and output coupling ratio using normal-dispersion fibers and a variable output coupler. For the dissipative soliton mode-locking condition, we achieved a pulse energy of 3.5 nJ and an average power of 114 mW, the highest values yet reported for an SWNT fiber laser under single-pulse operation.
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- N Nishizawa
- Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
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Mou C, Sergeyev S, Rozhin A, Turistyn S. All-fiber polarization locked vector soliton laser using carbon nanotubes. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:3831-3833. [PMID: 21964112 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.003831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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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.
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- C Mou
- Photonics Research Group, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, B4 7ET.
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Gui L, Yang X, Zhao G, Yang X, Xiao X, Zhu J, Yang C. Suppression of continuous lasing in a carbon nanotube polyimide film mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. APPLIED OPTICS 2011; 50:110-115. [PMID: 21221168 DOI: 10.1364/ao.50.000110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrated an erbium-doped mode-locked fiber laser using a single-walled carbon nanotube-dispersed polyimide (SWNT-PI) film. Different mode-locking operations were compared and analyzed utilizing SWNT-PI films with different concentrations (2, 1, and 0.25 wt.%, respectively). It was found that the continuous single-pulse mode-locking operation was often accompanied by a continuous wave oscillation part for the 1 and 0.25 wt.% SWNT-PI films, whereas the 2 wt.% SWNT-PI film presented the most excellent mode-locking performance, thanks to sufficient modulation depth. Using the 2 wt.% SWNT-PI film, a stable pulse train with a pulse width of 840 fs and a repetition rate of 15.3 MHz was achieved. The average output power was 0.33 mW at the pump power of 155 mW under an output coupling ratio of 10%. Operational performance of the laser cavity when employing the 2 wt.% SWNT-PI film was also demonstrated.
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- Lili Gui
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Senoo Y, Nishizawa N, Sakakibara Y, Sumimura K, Itoga E, Kataura H, Itoh K. Ultralow-repetition-rate, high-energy, polarization-maintaining, Er-doped, ultrashort-pulse fiber laser using single-wall-carbon-nanotube saturable absorber. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:20673-20680. [PMID: 20940963 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.020673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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An ultralow-repetition-rate, all-polarization-maintaining (PM), Er-doped, ultrashort-pulse fiber laser was demonstrated using a single-wall-carbon-nanotube polyimide film. Using a ring cavity configuration, output pulses with pulse energy of 0.7-2.6 nJ were obtained at an ultralow repetition rate of 943-154 kHz for a fiber length of 0.1-1.3 km. A novel θ (theta) cavity configuration was proposed, which enabled us to reduce the required fiber length by half. A repetition rate of 132 kHz was achieved using this configuration with 909 m of PM fiber.
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- Y Senoo
- Division of Advanced Science and Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Shohda F, Hori Y, Nakazawa M, Mata J, Tsukamoto J. 131 fs, 33 MHz all-fiber soliton laser at 1.07 microm with a film-type SWNT saturable absorber coated on polyimide. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:11223-11229. [PMID: 20588982 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.011223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present a 1.07 microm all-fiber femtosecond soliton laser employing a film-type saturable absorber with a P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) incorporated SWNT coated on polyimide film. We optimized the laser cavity as a dispersion-managed soliton laser with photonic crystal fiber (PCF) as an anomalous dispersion fiber at 1.07 microm. As a result, a 131 fs, 33 MHz pulse was successfully generated with a simple laser configuration.
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- Fumio Shohda
- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Shohda F, Nakazawa M, Mata J, Tsukamoto J. A 113 fs fiber laser operating at 1.56 mum using a cascadable film-type saturable absorber with P3HT-incorporated single-wall carbon nanotubes coated on polyamide. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:9712-9721. [PMID: 20588820 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.009712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We successfully fabricated a cascadable film-type single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) saturable absorber coated on aromatic polyamide film, in which the saturable absorption effect can be controlled with the number of films. A conductive polymer P3HT (poly-3-hexylthiophene) was adopted to obtain a uniform SWNT solution. We applied saturable absorber films to a passively mode-locked fiber laser and successfully generated a 113 fs, 42 MHz pulse by inserting two film layers between fiber connectors in the cavity.
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- Fumio Shohda
- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan.
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