Passively Q-Switched Er:LuAG Laser at 1.65 μm Using MoS2 and WS2 Saturable Absorbers
oleh: Shuaiyi Zhang, Lei Guo, Mingqi Fan, Fei Lou, Peng Gao, Hao Lv, Xia Wang, Jianlong Yang, Tao Li, Kejian Yang, Shengzhi Zhao
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | IEEE 2017-01-01 |
Deskripsi
We describe passively Q-switched Er:LuAG laser characteristics at 1.65 μm for the first time, with MoS<sub>2</sub> and WS<sub>2</sub> as the saturable absorber, respectively. The saturable absorbers were both prepared with the liquid phase exfoliation method. A shortest pulse width of 1.1 μ s was attained with the pulse repetition frequency of 41.6 kHz for the MoS<sub>2</sub> saturable absorber, resulting in the highest peak power of 4.33 W. For the WS<sub>2</sub> saturable absorber, a minimum pulse of 1.6 μs was gained with the pulse repetition frequency of 34.2 kHz and the calculated peak power of 4.13 W.