• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 46, Issue 8, 0808002 (2019)
Weijun Ling1、**, Rui Sun1、2, Chen Chen1、2, Yani Zhang2、3, Cuiping Kang2, Qiang Xu2, and Zhong Dong1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Institute of Laser Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, Gansu 741001, China
  • 2 Institute of Physics and Optoelectronics Technology, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji, Shaanxi 721016, China
  • 3 School of Arts and Sciences, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China;
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL201946.0808002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Weijun Ling, Rui Sun, Chen Chen, Yani Zhang, Cuiping Kang, Qiang Xu, Zhong Dong. Passively Q-Switched Mode-Locked Tm∶LuAG Laser with Reflective MoS2 Saturable Absorber[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(8): 0808002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The passively Q-switched mode-locked (QML) operation of a Tm∶Lu3Al5O12 laser is experimentally demonstrated by employing the reflective MoS2 as a saturable absorber mirror. An absorbed pump threshold of 525 mW with a 3% output mirror is achieved using a tunable Ti-doped sapphire laser as the pumping source and a low-threshold cavity design. Further, a stable QML operation state is obtained when the absorbed pump power is 1743 mW. When the maximum pump power is 3.1 W, the Q-switched mode-locked output power is 306 mW, the slope efficiency is 14.3%, the central wavelength is 2023 nm, the repetition rate is 106.4 MHz, and the maximum single pulse energy is 2.88 nJ. Furthermore, the modulation depth is observed to be close to 100%. The results show that the reflective MoS2 saturable absorber has a potential application in 2 μm laser mode-locked.
    Weijun Ling, Rui Sun, Chen Chen, Yani Zhang, Cuiping Kang, Qiang Xu, Zhong Dong. Passively Q-Switched Mode-Locked Tm∶LuAG Laser with Reflective MoS2 Saturable Absorber[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(8): 0808002
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