Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 12, 1214004(2019)

Dual-Wavelength Passively Q-Switched Mode-Locked Tm∶LuAG Laser Operating at 2017 nm and 2029 nm

Rui Sun1,2, Chen Chen1,2, Weijun Ling1、*, Zhong Dong1、**, Mingxia Zhang1, Cuiping Kang2, Yani Zhang2,3, and Qiang Xu2
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  • 1Institute of Laser Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, Gansu 741001, China
  • 2Institute of Physics and Optoelectronics Technology, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji, Shaanxi 721016, China
  • 3School of Arts and Sciences, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710021, China;
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    By employing double-walled carbon nanotubes as a saturable absorber to start mode locking, we experimentally demonstrate dual-wavelength operation of a passively Q-switched, mode-locked (QML) Tm∶LuAG bulk laser at the wavelengths of 2017 nm and 2027 nm. Herein, the laser is pumped by a wavelength-tunable Ti∶sapphire solid-state laser, and when the absorbed pump power is greater than 2292 mW, the laser enters a stable QML state of operation. By using an output coupler with transmittance of 3%, when the absorbed pump power reaches 6.7 W, the QML output power is 1.28 W, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 22.39%. The repetition rate is 102 MHz, which corresponds to a single-pulse energy of 12.55 nJ.

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    Rui Sun, Chen Chen, Weijun Ling, Zhong Dong, Mingxia Zhang, Cuiping Kang, Yani Zhang, Qiang Xu. Dual-Wavelength Passively Q-Switched Mode-Locked Tm∶LuAG Laser Operating at 2017 nm and 2029 nm[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(12): 1214004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jul. 29, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2019

    Published Online: Dec. 6, 2019

    The Author Email: Ling Weijun (wjlingts@sina.com), Dong Zhong (dz0212@foxmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.1214004

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