Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1547206 | Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report the fabrication of high optical quality single wall carbon nanotube polyvinyl alcohol composites and their application in nanotube based photonic devices. These show a broad absorption of semiconductor tubes centred at ∼1.55 μm, the spectral range of interest for optical communications. The films are used as mode-lockers in an erbium doped fibre laser, achieving ∼700 fs mode-locked pulses. Raman spectroscopy shows no damage after a long time continuous laser operation.
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Authors
V. Scardaci, A.G. Rozhin, F. Hennrich, W.I. Milne, A.C. Ferrari,