Passively Q-Switched Operation of a Tm,Ho:LuVO4 Laser with a Graphene Saturable Absorber

被引:12
作者
Wang, Wei [1 ]
Li, Linjun [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Hongtian [2 ]
Qin, Jinping [2 ]
Lu, Yuang [3 ]
Xu, Chong [2 ]
Li, Shasha [2 ]
Shen, Yingjie [4 ]
Yang, Wenlong [5 ]
Yang, Yuqiang [5 ]
Yu, Xiaoyang [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Univ Sci & Technol, Higher Educ Key Lab Measuring & Control Technol &, Harbin 150080, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
[2] Heilongjiang Inst Technol, Heilongjiang Prov Key Lab Optoelect & Laser Techn, Harbin 150050, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
[3] Northwest Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, Xian 710069, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[4] Yantai Univ, Sch Optoelect Informat Sci & Technol, Yantai 264005, Peoples R China
[5] Harbin Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Sci, Harbin 150080, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
来源
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL | 2018年 / 8卷 / 06期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Tm; Ho:LuVO4; laser; PQS; graphene saturable absorber; PERFORMANCE; ND-YVO4; TM;
D O I
10.3390/app8060954
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
A passively Q-switched (PQS) operation of Tm,Ho:LuVO4 laser is experimentally demonstrated with a graphene saturable absorber (SA) mirror. An average output power of 1034 mW at 54.5 kHz is acquired with an 8% optical-optical conversion efficiency. The energy per pulse of 40.4 J and a peak power of 56.07 W are achieved; the narrowest pulse width of 300 ns is acquired, and the output wavelengths of Tm,Ho:LuVO4 are 2075.02 nm in a continuous wave (CW) regime and 2057.03 nm in a PQS regime.
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