• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 6, 498 (2018)
Xiancui Su1, Baitao Zhang1,*, Yiran Wang1, Guanbai He1..., Guoru Li1, Na Lin1, Kejian Yang1, Jingliang He1,3 and Shande Liu2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 2College of Electronics, Communication, and Physics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
  • 3e-mail: jlhe@sdu.edu.cn
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    Xiancui Su, Baitao Zhang, Yiran Wang, Guanbai He, Guoru Li, Na Lin, Kejian Yang, Jingliang He, Shande Liu, "Broadband rhenium disulfide optical modulator for solid-state lasers," Photonics Res. 6, 498 (2018) Copy Citation Text show less
    Theoretical band structure of monolayer ReS2. (a) R=1∶2.057, (b) R=1∶2, (c) R=1∶1.972, (d) R=1∶1.944, and (e) R=1∶1.889.
    Fig. 1. Theoretical band structure of monolayer ReS2. (a) R=12.057, (b) R=12, (c) R=11.972, (d) R=11.944, and (e) R=11.889.
    Measured position and the corresponding EDS image of (a) the raw bulk ReS2 and (b) the as-prepared few-layered ReS2.
    Fig. 2. Measured position and the corresponding EDS image of (a) the raw bulk ReS2 and (b) the as-prepared few-layered ReS2.
    (a), (b) AFM image of the ReS2 SA with 30 μm×30 μm area and the corresponding distribution of flake thicknesses. (c), (d) High-resolution AFM image with 6 μm×6 μm area and the typical height profiles.
    Fig. 3. (a), (b) AFM image of the ReS2 SA with 30  μm×30  μm area and the corresponding distribution of flake thicknesses. (c), (d) High-resolution AFM image with 6  μm×6  μm area and the typical height profiles.
    (a) Raman spectra of the ReS2 SA and the sapphire substrate. (b) Absorption spectra of the ReS2 SA and the sapphire substrate, respectively. (c)–(e) Open aperture Z-scan curves of the ReS2 SA at 0.73, 1.06 and 1.94 μm, respectively.
    Fig. 4. (a) Raman spectra of the ReS2 SA and the sapphire substrate. (b) Absorption spectra of the ReS2 SA and the sapphire substrate, respectively. (c)–(e) Open aperture Z-scan curves of the ReS2 SA at 0.73, 1.06 and 1.94 μm, respectively.
    ReS2Q-switched laser characteristics. (a)–(c) Average output power and peak power versus the absorbed pump power at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively. (d)–(f) Pulse duration and repetition rate versus the absorbed pump power at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively.
    Fig. 5. ReS2Q-switched laser characteristics. (a)–(c) Average output power and peak power versus the absorbed pump power at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively. (d)–(f) Pulse duration and repetition rate versus the absorbed pump power at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively.
    (a)–(c) Recorded pulses trains of the ReS2-based Q-switched lasers at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively. (d)–(f) Measured output spectra of the ReS2-based Q-switched lasers at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively.
    Fig. 6. (a)–(c) Recorded pulses trains of the ReS2-based Q-switched lasers at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively. (d)–(f) Measured output spectra of the ReS2-based Q-switched lasers at 0.64, 1.064, and 1.991 μm, respectively.
    Experimental setup of the ReS2-based mode-locked laser.
    Fig. 7. Experimental setup of the ReS2-based mode-locked laser.
    (a) Average output power versus the absorbed pump power of the ReS2-based mode-locked laser. (b) Recorded CWML pulse trains under the maximum pump power.
    Fig. 8. (a) Average output power versus the absorbed pump power of the ReS2-based mode-locked laser. (b) Recorded CWML pulse trains under the maximum pump power.
    Recorded results of ReS2-based mode-locked laser. (a), (b) Autocorrelation trace for 323 fs duration and the corresponding spectrum. (c), (d) Recorded frequency spectrum with a narrow and a wide span, respectively.
    Fig. 9. Recorded results of ReS2-based mode-locked laser. (a), (b) Autocorrelation trace for 323 fs duration and the corresponding spectrum. (c), (d) Recorded frequency spectrum with a narrow and a wide span, respectively.
     VisibleNear-InfraredMid-Infrared
    Wavelength (nm)64010641991
    Average output power (mW)52120245
    Repetition rate (kHz)520644677
    Pulse duration (ns)160139415
    Peak power (W)0.6251.348.72
    Table 1. Results of the Passively Q-Switched Lasers Based on the ReS2 SA
    Xiancui Su, Baitao Zhang, Yiran Wang, Guanbai He, Guoru Li, Na Lin, Kejian Yang, Jingliang He, Shande Liu, "Broadband rhenium disulfide optical modulator for solid-state lasers," Photonics Res. 6, 498 (2018)
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