We demonstrate the first mode-locked femtosecond ytterbium-doped fiber laser using a carbon-nanotube-based mode-locker at 1 μm wavelength regime. The laser produces nearly transform-limited hyperbolic-secant pulse with 180 fs pulse width at a repetition rate of 23.3 MHz.
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Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
(Volume:3
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Date of Conference: 22-27 May 2005