• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 2, 020005 (2018)
Xigun Yan1、3, Saiyu Luo1, Bin Xu1、*, Huiying Xu1, Zhiping Cai1, Jingzhou Li2, Hongxing Dong2, Long Zhang2, and Zhengqian Luo1、3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.020005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xigun Yan, Saiyu Luo, Bin Xu, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Jingzhou Li, Hongxing Dong, Long Zhang, Zhengqian Luo. Passively Q-switched green laser operation using CdTe/CdS quantum dots (Invited Paper)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(2): 020005 Copy Citation Text show less
    (Color online) Absorbance and PL curves of the green colloidal quantum dot (CQD) sample with an inset of the TEM image.
    Fig. 1. (Color online) Absorbance and PL curves of the green colloidal quantum dot (CQD) sample with an inset of the TEM image.
    (Color online) Open aperture Z-scan measurements of the saturable absorption property of the as-fabricated CQD, using a femtosecond laser source at 515 nm.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) Open aperture Z-scan measurements of the saturable absorption property of the as-fabricated CQD, using a femtosecond laser source at 515 nm.
    Schematic of blue diode-pumped passively Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 522 nm.
    Fig. 3. Schematic of blue diode-pumped passively Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 522 nm.
    (Color online) Green laser output power characteristics in continuous-wave and Q-switching regimes.
    Fig. 4. (Color online) Green laser output power characteristics in continuous-wave and Q-switching regimes.
    Spectrum of the Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 522 nm. Inset: photograph of the green laser beam spot.
    Fig. 5. Spectrum of the Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 522 nm. Inset: photograph of the green laser beam spot.
    Pulse trains measured at average output powers of (a) 4.9 mW at the threshold with a repetition rate of 79.6 kHz and (b) 28.5 mW with a repetition rate of 168.9 kHz.
    Fig. 6. Pulse trains measured at average output powers of (a) 4.9 mW at the threshold with a repetition rate of 79.6 kHz and (b) 28.5 mW with a repetition rate of 168.9 kHz.
    Narrowest pulse with time duration of about 0.84 μs.
    Fig. 7. Narrowest pulse with time duration of about 0.84 μs.
    (Color online) Variations of pulse widths and pulse repetition rates with the increase of absorbed pump powers for a 522 nm Q-switched Pr:YLF laser.
    Fig. 8. (Color online) Variations of pulse widths and pulse repetition rates with the increase of absorbed pump powers for a 522 nm Q-switched Pr:YLF laser.
    (Color online) Corresponding dependence of pulse energy and pulse peak power on absorbed pump power.
    Fig. 9. (Color online) Corresponding dependence of pulse energy and pulse peak power on absorbed pump power.
    Xigun Yan, Saiyu Luo, Bin Xu, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Jingzhou Li, Hongxing Dong, Long Zhang, Zhengqian Luo. Passively Q-switched green laser operation using CdTe/CdS quantum dots (Invited Paper)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(2): 020005
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