All-fiber polarization locked vector soliton laser using carbon nanotubes

We report an all-fiber mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) employing carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer composite film. By using only standard telecom grade components, without any complex polarization control elements in the laser cavity, we have demonstrated polarization locked vector solitons generation with duration of similar to 583 fs, average power of similar to 3 mW (pulse energy of 118 pJ) at the repetition rate of similar to 25.7 MHz. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America