• 文献标题:   Diode End Pumped Continuous Wave and Graphene Q-Switched Tm:LGGG Lasers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HOU J, JIA ZT, ZHANG BT, YIN YR, NING J, MU WX, HAN KZ, HE JL, TAO XT
  • 作者关键词:   tm:lggg, continuous wave, spectrum tuning, dualwavelength, qswitched
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1041-1135 EI 1941-0174
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shandong Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1109/LPT.2015.2502959
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

A detailed investigation was conducted on continuous wave, wavelength tunable, and graphene passively Q-switched (PQS) lasers of Tm:LGGG crystal. In continuous wave operation, a maximum average output power of 2.26 W at 2003 nm was obtained under the absorbed power of 12.1 W, giving an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 18.7% and a slope efficiency of 23.6%. By using a quartz plate, the emission spectrum could be tuned from 1907.5 to 2055.9 nm, corresponding to a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 83 nm. Dual-wavelength operation could be obtained by rotating the quartz plate at an appropriate angle. In graphene PQS regime, the Tm: LGGG laser produced a 1.29-mu s pulse under the pulse repetition frequency of 43.9 kHz, corresponding to a pulse energy of 3.19 mu J.