• 文献标题:   Nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser at 1331 nm by CVD graphene saturable absorber
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU B, WANG Y, CHENG YJ, YANG H, XU HY, CAI ZP
  • 作者关键词:   solidstate laser, qswitching, cvd graphene
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF OPTICS
  • ISSN:   2040-8978 EI 2040-8986
  • 通讯作者地址:   Xiamen Univ
  • 被引频次:   13
  • DOI:   10.1088/2040-8978/17/10/105501
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We report on a nanosecond pulse generation in a diode end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd: GGG laser at the low-gain transition line of 1331 nm. A three-layer CVD graphene thin film was transferred from Cu foil to a BK7 glass substrate for the use of saturable absorber. A stable Q-switching laser operation was obtained with maximum average output power of 0.69W and slope efficiency of about 11.0% with respect to the absorbed pump power. The shortest pulse duration and the maximum repetition rate of the pulse trains were registered to be 556 ns and 166.7 kHz with corresponding maximum pulse energy 4.14 mu J and pulse peak power 7.45 W. This is the first demonstration of CVD-graphene-based Q-switched laser operation at 1.3 mu m, to the best of our knowledge.