We demonstrate passive mode-locking of a bismuth-doped fiber laser using a single-wall nanotube-based saturable absorber. Stable operation in the all-normal dispersion and average soliton regime is obtained, with an all-fiber integrated format.
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Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Date of Conference: 16-21 May 2010