SWCNT@BNNT with 1D van der Waals Heterostructure with a High Optical Damage Threshold for Laser Mode-locking
Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotube encapsulated in boron nitrite nanotube (SWCNT@BNNT) is a novel nanomaterial with a one-dimensional van der Waals (1D-vdW) heterostructure. In this paper, we demonstrated that the SWCNT@BNNT has an enhanced optical power tolerance compared to that of the pristine SWCNT while exhibiting an optical saturable absorption properties. Under optical power intensity of 13kW/cm2, the lifetime of the SWCNT@BNNT is found to be 2,270 times longer than SWCNT for 1% degradation in absorbance. A short-cavity mode-locked laser with a high repetition rate of 1 GHz has been realized using the SWCNT@BNNT as the saturable absorber. We have shown that the technique of fabricating nanomaterial with a 1D-vdW heterostructure can modify and enhance the optical properties of the encapsulated nanomaterials.
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@article{arxiv.2011.04647,
title = {SWCNT@BNNT with 1D van der Waals Heterostructure with a High Optical Damage Threshold for Laser Mode-locking},
author = {Zheyuan Zhang and Pengtao Yuan and Shoko Yokokawa and Yongjia Zheng and Anton S. Anisimov and Esko I. Kauppinen and Rong Xiang and Lei Jin and Shigeo Maruyama and Shinji Yamashita and Sze Yun Set},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.04647},
year = {2021}
}
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8 pages, 7 figures