Published September 2013 | Version v1
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A diode-pumped passively Q-switched Tm,Ho:YAP laser with a single-walled carbon nanotube

Creators

  • 1. School of Information Science and Engineering and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China (China)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 215 Chengbei Road, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China (China)
  • 3. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 390 Qinghe Road, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China (China)
  • 4. State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China (China)

Description

In this letter we present diode-pumped continuous wave (CW) and passively Q-switched a-cut and b-cut Tm,Ho:YAP lasers with a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA). In the CW regime, a maximum output power of 1.61 W at 2118.3 nm corresponding to a slope efficiency of 33.7% and a maximum output power of 1.23 W with a slope efficiency of 28.7% at 2129.6 nm were achieved from the a- and b-cut Tm,Ho:YAP lasers, respectively. With a SWCNT employed as the saturable absorber, passively Q-switched a- and b-cut Tm,Ho:YAP lasers were both realized. The a-cut Tm,Ho:YAP laser generated a 245 ns pulse at 2128.3 nm with a repetition rate of 400 kHz, while the b-cut Tm,Ho:YAP laser produced a 135 ns pulse at 2130 nm with a repetition rate of 245 kHz. (letter)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1612-2011/10/9/095001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1612-2011/10/9/095001;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46009094
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINATES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICS; Q-SWITCHING; THULIUM COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PULSES; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS