• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 3, A97 (2015)
Yi-Jian Sun1、2, Chao-Kuei Lee3, Jin-Long Xu1, Zhao-Jie Zhu1, Ye-Qing Wang4, Shu-Fang Gao1、2, Hou-Ping Xia1、2, Zhen-Yu You1, and Chao-Yang Tu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics of CAS, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
  • 3Department of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 4Department of Applied Physics, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000A97 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yi-Jian Sun, Chao-Kuei Lee, Jin-Long Xu, Zhao-Jie Zhu, Ye-Qing Wang, Shu-Fang Gao, Hou-Ping Xia, Zhen-Yu You, Chao-Yang Tu. Passively Q-switched tri-wavelength Yb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 solid-state laser with topological insulator Bi2Te3 as saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(3): A97 Copy Citation Text show less

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    In this paper, we reported a multiwavelength passively Q-switched Yb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 solid-state laser with topological insulator Bi2Te3 as a saturable absorber (SA) for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Bi2Te3 nanosheets were prepared by the facile solvothermal method. The influence of three Bi2Te3 densities on the laser operation was compared. The maximum average output power was up to 57 mW with a pulse energy of 511.7 nJ. The shortest pulsewidth was measured to be 370 ns with 110 kHz pulse repetition rate and 40 mW average power. The laser operated at three wavelengths simultaneously at 1043.7, 1045.3, and 1046.2 nm, of which the frequency differences were within the terahertz wave band. Our work suggests that solvothermal synthesized Bi2Te3 is a promising SA for simultaneously multiwavelength laser operation.
    T(I)=1ΔT*exp(I/Isat)Tns,(1)

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    Yi-Jian Sun, Chao-Kuei Lee, Jin-Long Xu, Zhao-Jie Zhu, Ye-Qing Wang, Shu-Fang Gao, Hou-Ping Xia, Zhen-Yu You, Chao-Yang Tu. Passively Q-switched tri-wavelength Yb3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 solid-state laser with topological insulator Bi2Te3 as saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(3): A97
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