Broadband synchronization of ultrafast pulse generation with double-walled carbon nanotubes

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2023-08-02
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en
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11
3397–3407
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Nanophotonics, Volume 12, issue 17
Abstract
Double-walled carbon nanotubes have shown competitive properties in broadband optical pulse generation owning to the intrinsic electronic properties. Synchronization of ultrafast optical pulses in multiple wavelengths is a key technique for numerous applications, such as nonlinear frequency conversion, ultrafast pump-probe, coherent Raman scattering spectroscopy, coherent optical synthesis, etc. In this work, we demonstrate the mode-locking and synchronization of 1.55 μm pulses with 1 μm and 1.9 μm pulses via a single saturable absorber based on double-walled carbon nanotubes. The large optical nonlinearity and broadband optical absorption in the double-walled carbon nanotubes enable independent and synchronized mode-locking in >900 nm bandwidth. In addition, we present a creative concept to realize multi-wavelength synchronization from a single laser system. Our results demonstrate a straightforward and feasible approach towards pulse synchronization over ultra-broad bandwidth with flexible wavelength selection in the near-infrared region.
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Funding Information: Research funding: This research was supported by the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN, 320167); The State Scholarship Fund of China. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2023.
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double-walled carbon nanotube, fiber laser, mode-locking, synchronization
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Zheng, J, Li, D, Liu, P, Cui, X, Zhang, B, Geng, W, Zhang, Q, Xu, Z, Kauppinen, E I & Sun, Z 2023, ' Broadband synchronization of ultrafast pulse generation with double-walled carbon nanotubes ', Nanophotonics, vol. 12, no. 17, pp. 3397–3407 . https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0192