Wavelength tunable soliton rains in a nanotube-mode locked Tm-doped fiber laser
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We report soliton rains in a tunable Tm-doped fiber laser mode locked by carbon nanotubes. We also detect their second- and third-harmonics. We achieve a tunability of over 56 nm, from 1877 to 1933 nm, by introducing a polarization-maintaining isolator and two in-line polarization controllers. This makes our system promising as a tunable filter for ultrafast spectroscopy.
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physics.optics, physics.optics, cond-mat.mes-hall, physics.app-ph
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Applied Physics Letters
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1077-3118
1077-3118
1077-3118
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113
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AIP Publishing
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G030480/1)
Royal Society (unknown)
Royal Society (unknown)
Royal Society (JP080053)
Royal Society (nf080934)
Royal Society (TG102524)
Isaac Newton Trust (MINUTE 726(F))
EPSRC (452)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E500935/1)
European Research Council (208948)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
The Royal Society (uf072943)
The Royal Society (wm090070)
Isaac Newton Trust (1135(N))
Royal Society (516002K5698/kk)
The Royal Society (fi061247)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K01711X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K017144/1)
European Research Council (319277)
Royal Society (unknown)
Royal Society (unknown)
Royal Society (JP080053)
Royal Society (nf080934)
Royal Society (TG102524)
Isaac Newton Trust (MINUTE 726(F))
EPSRC (452)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E500935/1)
European Research Council (208948)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
The Royal Society (uf072943)
The Royal Society (wm090070)
Isaac Newton Trust (1135(N))
Royal Society (516002K5698/kk)
The Royal Society (fi061247)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K01711X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K017144/1)
European Research Council (319277)
We acknowledge funding from ERC Grant Hetero2D, EPSRC Grants Nos. EP/L016087/1, EP/K017144/1, EP/K01711X/1 and the China Scholarship Council.