Fig. 1. Schematic of the experimental setup.

Fig. 2. Output power of the Tm,Ho:YAP laser; the inset is CW output power without Q-switch under different OCs.

Fig. 3. Pulse width of the Tm,Ho:YAP laser; the inset is typical profile of pulse width in active Q-switch mode.

Fig. 4. Pulse train in 200 ns and 400 ns time scales.

Fig. 5. (a) MoS2 Raman spectrum; (b) absorption spectrum of MoS2 material from 1000 nm to 2400 nm.

Fig. 6. Nonlinear transmittance curve of the MoS2 sample versus the pump peak intensities; inset shows the experimental setup for saturable absorption measurement.

Fig. 7. Output average powers and pulse energies of the Tm,Ho:YAP laser in PQS mode operation.

Fig. 8. Pulse width versus pump power and PRF in passive Q-switching operation.

Fig. 9. Pulse train in 4.0 μs and 100 μs time scales.

Fig. 10. Output wavelengths of the Tm,Ho:YAP laser in CW and PQS mode operation.

Fig. 11. Beam quality factors of the Tm,Ho:YAP laser.