@article{e9063eadb8374db4be6bec0e799a9cae,
title = "Compact CNT Mode-Locked Ho3+-Doped Fluoride Fiber Laser at 1.2 μm",
abstract = "A diode laser pumped carbon nanotube mode-locked Ho3+-doped fluoride fiber laser at 1.2 μm was demonstrated for the first time. Stable mode-locked pulses with an average power of 1 mW at a repetition rate of 18.47 MHz were obtained at a pump power of 348 mW. The pulse energy and peak power of this mode-locked laser oscillator were about 54 pJ and 12.6 W, and were increased to 2.41 nJ and 0.54 kW, respectively, by using a 15-cm Ho 3+-doped fluoride fiber amplifier. The pulse duration was measured to be 4.3 ps by an autocorrelator. Because the operation wavelength is close to the zero-dispersion wavelength of 1.3 μm, this mode-locked fiber laser exhibits unique features.",
keywords = "Carbon nanotube, fiber lasers, holmium, laser mode locking, optical pulses, ultrafast optics",
author = "Junfeng Wang and Xiushan Zhu and Yunxiu Ma and Yuchen Wang and Minghong Tong and Shijie Fu and Jie Zong and Kort Wiersma and Arturo Chavez-Pirson and Norwood, {Robert A.} and Wei Shi and Nasser Peyghambarian",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received July 31, 2017; revised November 4, 2017; accepted November 4, 2017. Date of publication November 8, 2017; date of current version November 23, 2017. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants 1263236, 0968895, and 1102301, and in part by the Technology Research Initiative Fund under Grant 2013AA014402. (Corresponding author: Xiushan Zhu.) J. Wang, X. Zhu, Y. Ma, Y. Wang, M. Tong, R. A. Norwood, and N. Peyghambarian are with the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA (e-mail: Jwang@optics.arizona.edu; xszhu@ email.arizona.edu; yunxiuma@email.arizona.edu; wangyuchennanjing@163. com; mtong@optics.arizona.edu; rnorwood@optics.arizona.edu; nasser@ optics.arizona.edu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1995-2012 IEEE.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/JSTQE.2017.2771742",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
journal = "IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics",
issn = "1077-260X",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "3",
}