Passively Q-switched nd:YAG laser via a WS2 saturable absorber

被引:30
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作者
Wang, Xi [1 ]
Wang, Yonggang [1 ]
Duan, Lina [1 ]
Li, Lu [1 ]
Sun, Hang [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Xian Inst Opt & Precis Mech, State Key Lab Transient Opt & Photon, Xian 710119, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Saturable absorber; Q-switched; Solid-state lasers; DOPED FIBER LASER; MOLYBDENUM-DISULFIDE MOS2; WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; LAYER MOS2; MODE-LOCKING; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; GRAPHENE; EXFOLIATION; ABSORPTION; NANOSHEETS;
D O I
10.1016/j.optcom.2016.01.066
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In this work, we report a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm by using WS2 solution as the saturable absorber (SA). The WS2 solution with different concentrations (0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/ml) were fabricated by the liquid-phase-exfoliated method and injected into quartz cells. Such liquid absorbers have the virtues of adjustable optical absorption, high heat dissipation and non-contact damage. By inserting those WS2 solutions in the laser cavity, stable Q-switched laser operations were obtained. The corresponding pulse duration as short as 922 ns was obtained. The result shows that the WS2 material can be act as absorber for solid-state lasers. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:234 / 238
页数:5
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