• 文献标题:   A passively Q-switched Ho:YVO4 Laser at 2.05 mu m with Graphene Saturable Absorber
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIN WM, DUAN XM, CUI Z, YAO BQ, DAI TY, LI XL
  • 作者关键词:   solidstate laser, passively qswitched 2mu m laser, ho:yvo4, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SCIENCESBASEL
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.3390/app6050128
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We report a passively Q-switched Ho:YVO4 laser pumped at 1.94 mu m with multilayer graphene as a saturable absorber. At the absorbed pump power of 9.3 W, the maximum average output power of 2.2 W was obtained in Ho:YVO4 laser with minimum pulse width of 265.2 ns and pulse repetition rate of 131.6 kHz at 2052.1 nm. In addition, a beam quality factor of M-2 similar to 1.7 was measured at the maximum output level. This is, as far as we know, the first time that graphene has been used in a passively Q-switched Ho:YVO4 laser.