Saturable absorption with CNT coupled WGM and fabrication of Er-doped microresonator for on-chip mode-locked laser

Riku Imamura, Shun Fujii, Tomoki S.L. Prugger Suzuki, Ryo Suzuki, Rammaru Ishida, Mizuki Ito, Hideyuki Maki, Lan Yang, Takasumi Tanabe

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Abstract

Mode-locked (ML) fiber lasers are becoming key components in industry, because they provide high performance while being relatively inexpensive. The generation of high-repetition rate pulses is gaining interest but it remains a challenge to achieve a GHz repetition rate with fiber lasers. On the other hand, whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) microresonators allow the strong confinement of light and miniaturizing an ML laser into a WGM microresonator will enable us to achieve a high pulse repetition rate, a small footprint and on-chip integrability. In this work, we explore the possibility of a passive ML laser with the system shown in Fig. 1(a). There are two key technologies involved; one is saturable absorption (SA) and the other is laser gain in a microresonator.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe_2019
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781728104690
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe_2019 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 2019 Jun 232019 Jun 27

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
VolumePart F140-CLEO_Europe 2019
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe_2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period19/6/2319/6/27

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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