Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 7, 071402(2021)

High-repetition-rate 1.5 µm passively Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 microchip laser

Songqing Zha1,2, Yujin Chen1、*, Bingxuan Li1,3, Yanfu Lin1, Wenbin Liao1, Yuqi Zou4, Chenghui Huang1, Zhanglang Lin1, and Ge Zhang1,3,5、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • 2Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • 3Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 4Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 5Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Device, Fuzhou 350108, China
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    Songqing Zha, Yujin Chen, Bingxuan Li, Yanfu Lin, Wenbin Liao, Yuqi Zou, Chenghui Huang, Zhanglang Lin, Ge Zhang, "High-repetition-rate 1.5 µm passively Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 microchip laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 071402 (2021)

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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Oct. 28, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 21, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 2, 2021

    The Author Email: Yujin Chen (cyj@fjirsm.ac.cn), Ge Zhang (zhg@fjirsm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.071402

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