Watt-level Q-switched Nd:LuVO sub(4) laser based on a graphene oxide saturable absorber

The demonstration is reported of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO sub(4) laser at 1064 nm using a transmission-type graphene oxide as the saturable absorber. The graphene oxide saturable absorber with a modulation depth of 10% was fabricated using a vertical evaporation method. With a pum...

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Published in:Journal of modern optics 2014-02, Vol.61 (3), p.234-238
Main Authors: Yan, Shilian, Zhang, Ling, Yu, Haijuan, Sun, Wei, Li, Menglong, Hou, Wei, Lin, Xuechun, Wang, Yonggang, Wang, Yishan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Evaporation
Graphene
Lasers
Modulation
Oxides
Pulse duration
Pumps
Repetition
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Summary:The demonstration is reported of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO sub(4) laser at 1064 nm using a transmission-type graphene oxide as the saturable absorber. The graphene oxide saturable absorber with a modulation depth of 10% was fabricated using a vertical evaporation method. With a pump of 11.5 W, a maximum output power of 1.353 W was obtained with 186-ns pulse duration and 336.7-kHz repetition rate, corresponding to a maximum pulse energy of 4 mu J per pulse.
ISSN:0950-0340
1362-3044
DOI:10.1080/09500340.2013.879935