Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 6, 2026
11:45
Experimental Methods for Trapping Ions Using Microfabricated Surface Ion Traps
Published on: August 17, 2017
Passive mode locking of Yb:KLuW using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Andreas Schmidt1, Simon Rivier, Günter Steinmeyer
1Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, Berlin, Germany.
Optics Letters
|April 3, 2008
Abstract:
Mode locking of an Yb-doped bulk laser in the 1 microm spectral range using a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA) is demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge. Passive mode locking of an Yb:KLuW laser resulted in nearly transform-limited pulses as short as 115 fs at 1048 nm. In addition, the nonlinear response of the SWCNT-SA was measured, yielding a modulation depth of 0.25% and a relaxation time of 750 fs.
