Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 3, A97(2015)

Passively Q-switched tri-wavelength Yb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 solid-state laser with topological insulator Bi2Te3 as saturable absorber

Yi-Jian Sun1,2, Chao-Kuei Lee3, Jin-Long Xu1, Zhao-Jie Zhu1, Ye-Qing Wang4, Shu-Fang Gao1,2, Hou-Ping Xia1,2, Zhen-Yu You1, and Chao-Yang Tu1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics of CAS, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
  • 3Department of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 4Department of Applied Physics, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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    (a) XRD diffraction pattern. (b) TEM image. Inset shows the corresponding SAED pattern of the as-grown Bi2Te3 nanosheets. The scale bar is 200 nm.
    Saturable absorption characteristic at 1.0 μm for three SA samples.
    Schematic experimental setup of the Q-switched Yb3+:GAB solid-state laser with TI SA.
    (a) Average output power as a function of absorbed pump power. (b) Evolution of pulse repetition rate with absorbed pump powers. (c) Evolution of pulsewidth with absorbed pump powers. (d) Evolution of pulse energy with absorbed pump powers.
    370 ns pulse profile and pulse trains.
    Laser spectra of the 370 ns pulse laser.
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    Yi-Jian Sun, Chao-Kuei Lee, Jin-Long Xu, Zhao-Jie Zhu, Ye-Qing Wang, Shu-Fang Gao, Hou-Ping Xia, Zhen-Yu You, Chao-Yang Tu, "Passively Q-switched tri-wavelength Yb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 solid-state laser with topological insulator Bi2Te3 as saturable absorber," Photonics Res. 3, A97 (2015)

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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: PHOTONICS BASED ON TWO DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS

    Received: Jan. 6, 2015

    Accepted: Mar. 4, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2019

    The Author Email: Chao-Yang Tu (tcy@fjirsm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.3.000A97

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