Bismuth nanosheets as a Q-switcher for a mid-infrared erbium-doped SrF2 laser

Jingjing Liu; Hao Huang; Feng Zhang; Zhen Zhang; Jie Liu; Han Zhang; Liangbi Su

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000762

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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 8, 762 (2018)

Bismuth nanosheets as a Q-switcher for a mid-infrared erbium-doped SrF₂ laser

Jingjing Liu¹, Hao Huang², Feng Zhang², Zhen Zhang³, Jie Liu^1、4、*, Han Zhang^2、6, and Liangbi Su^3、5、7

Author Affiliations

¹Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China

²SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Centre for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³CAS Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials, Synthetic Single Crystal Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

⁴Institute of Data Science and Technology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China

⁵State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai 201899, China

⁶e-mail: hzhang@szu.edu.cn

⁷e-mail: suliangbi@mail.sic.ac.cn

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Jingjing Liu, Hao Huang, Feng Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Jie Liu, Han Zhang, Liangbi Su. Bismuth nanosheets as a Q-switcher for a mid-infrared erbium-doped SrF₂ laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(8): 762 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. (a) HRTEM image, (b) Raman spectrum, (c) AFM image of the bismuth nanosheets, and (d) typical height profiles.

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Fig. 2. Nonlinear transmission of Bi-NSs SA.

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Fig. 3. Schematic of the passively Q-switched Er3+:SrF2 laser with a Bi-NSs SA.

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Fig. 4. CW output power versus the absorbed pump power for different OC transmissions.

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Fig. 5. Q-switched output power versus the absorbed pump power for different OC transmissions. Inset (a) shows the maximum output power versus time.

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Fig. 6. (a) Laser beam profile and (b) 3D light intensity distribution recorded at the maximum output power for the Q-switched laser.

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Fig. 7. (a) Pulse repetition rate, (b) pulse duration, (c) single-pulse energy, and (d) peak power versus the absorbed pump power for different OC transmissions.

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Fig. 8. Q-switched pulse trains recorded at 2 and 400 μs/div, under an absorbed pump power of 1.97 W for the OC transmission of 3%.

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Fig. 9. Optical spectra recorded in the CW regime and Q-switched regime for OC transmission of 3%.

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OC Transmission	Max. Output Power (mW)	Repetition Rate (kHz)	Pulse Width (ns)	Single-Pulse Energy (μJ)	Peak Power (W)	Wavelength (nm)
1%	162	39.1	1170	4.14	3.54	2799.1
3%	226	56.2	980	4.02	4.10	$2730.5 + 2752.2$
5%	205	47.6	1237	4.30	3.48	$2732.6 + 2737.0$