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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 5, 461(2017)

High-power passively Q-switched 2 μm all-solid-state laser based on a Bi2Te3 saturable absorber

X. Liu1, K. Yang1,2,3、*, S. Zhao1, T. Li1, W. Qiao1, H. Zhang2, B. Zhang2, J. He2, J. Bian3, L. Zheng4, L. Su4, and J. Xu5
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  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Crystal Material, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, Hefei 230031, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Artificial Crystal Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 5School of Physics Science and Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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    X. Liu, K. Yang, S. Zhao, T. Li, W. Qiao, H. Zhang, B. Zhang, J. He, J. Bian, L. Zheng, L. Su, J. Xu, "High-power passively Q-switched 2 μm all-solid-state laser based on a Bi2Te3 saturable absorber," Photonics Res. 5, 461 (2017)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jul. 13, 2017

    Accepted: Aug. 8, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: K. Yang (k.j.yang@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000461

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