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Passively Q-Switched Operation of a Tm,Ho:LuVO4 Laser with a Graphene Saturable Absorber

Wei Wang, Linjun Li, Hongtian Zhang, Jinping Qin, Yuang Lu, Chong Xu, Shasha Li, Yingjie Shen, Wenlong Yang, Yuqiang Yang, Xiaoyang Yu

Applied Sciences· Volume 8· Issue 6
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Abstract

A passively Q-switched (PQS) operation of Tm,Ho:LuVO4 laser is experimentally demonstrated with a graphene saturable absorber (SA) mirror. An average output power of 1034 mW at 54.5 kHz is acquired with an 8% optical–optical conversion efficiency. The energy per pulse of 40.4 μJ and a peak power of 56.07 W are achieved; the narrowest pulse width of 300 ns is acquired, and the output wavelengths of Tm,Ho:LuVO4 are 2075.02 nm in a continuous wave (CW) regime and 2057.03 nm in a PQS regime.
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Research context

Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Solid State Laser Technologies · Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies · Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

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Affiliations

The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Measuring & Control Technology and Instrumentations of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China

Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics and Laser Technology, Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, Harbin 150050, China

College of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

School of Opto-Electronic Information Science and Technology, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China

College of Sciences, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · The Science Foundation for Outstanding Youths of Heilongjiang Province · The Science Foundation for Youths of Heilongjiang Province · The Program for Equipment Pre-research Field Funds

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