Topological Insulator: Bi2Te3 Saturable Absorber for the Passive Q-Switching Operation of an in-Band Pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG Ceramic Laser

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作者
Tang, Pinghua [1 ]
Zhang, Xiaoqi [2 ]
Zhao, Chujun [1 ]
Wang, Yong [3 ]
Zhang, Han [1 ]
Shen, Deyuan [4 ]
Wen, Shuangchun [1 ]
Tang, Dingyuan [3 ]
Fan, Dianyuan [2 ]
机构
[1] Hunan Univ, Coll Phys & Microelect Sci, Minist Educ, Key Lab Micro Nanooptoelect Devices, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
[3] Jiangsu Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Elect Engn, Xuzhou 221116, Peoples R China
[4] Fudan Univ, Minist Educ, Dept Opt Sci & Engn, Key Lab Micro & Nano Photon Struct, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
来源
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2013年 / 5卷 / 02期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Topological insulator; Q-switching (Q-S); Er:YAG; ceramic laser; DOPED FIBER LASER; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; MODE-LOCKING; NARROW-LINEWIDTH; GRAPHENE; ER; OUTPUT; BI2SE3;
D O I
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2250494
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An in-band pumped 1.645-mu m Er:YAG ceramic laser passively Q-switched by a topological insulator: Bi2Te3 saturable absorber is reported. The average output power could reach up to 210 mW, corresponding to a pulsewidth, a pulse repetition rate, and a per-pulse energy of 6.3 mu s, 40.7 kHz, and 5.3 mu J, respectively. This result indicates that the topological insulator: Bi2Te3 could be a promising saturable absorber such as graphene, with potential applications for solid-state lasers.
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