Abstract: The present invention provides pulsed lasers which employ carbon nanotubes, particularly layers of carbon nanotubes, as saturable absorbers, mode lockers or for Q-switching elements. The present invention also provides methods and materials for mode-locking and Q-switching of lasers in which carbon nanotubes are employed as non-linear optical materials and/or saturable absorbers which facilitate mode-locking and/or Q-switching. The invention further provides mode locker and Q-switching elements or devices which comprise one or more layers containing carbon nanotubes which layer or layers function for mode locking and/or Q-switching.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 13, 2008
Assignee:
Alnair Labs Corporation
Inventors:
Mark Kenneth Jablonski, Sze Yun Set, Yuichi Tanaka