• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 11, 111901 (2020)
Tianqi Zhang1、2, Mudong Wang1、2, Yang Xue1、2, Jinlong Xu3、*, Zhenda Xie3、**, and Shining Zhu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 3School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.111901 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Tianqi Zhang, Mudong Wang, Yang Xue, Jinlong Xu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu. Liquid metal as a broadband saturable absorber for passively Q-switched lasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(11): 111901 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) As-prepared suspension of GaInSn nanospheres. (b) SEM image. (c) Size distribution. (d) EDS spectrum.
    Fig. 1. (a) As-prepared suspension of GaInSn nanospheres. (b) SEM image. (c) Size distribution. (d) EDS spectrum.
    Transmittance curve versus incident optical power intensity of GaInSn nanospheres at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm. The typical Z-scan results are shown in the insets.
    Fig. 2. Transmittance curve versus incident optical power intensity of GaInSn nanospheres at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm. The typical Z-scan results are shown in the insets.
    Experimental setup of passively Q-switched laser with GaInSn nanospheres as SAs.
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of passively Q-switched laser with GaInSn nanospheres as SAs.
    Dependence of continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switching (QS) output power on absorbed pump power at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm.
    Fig. 4. Dependence of continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switching (QS) output power on absorbed pump power at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm.
    Pulse duration and repetition rate variation with increasing pump power at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm.
    Fig. 5. Pulse duration and repetition rate variation with increasing pump power at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm.
    Typical temporal pulse trains of Q-switched lasers operating at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm with GaInSn nanospheres SAs.
    Fig. 6. Typical temporal pulse trains of Q-switched lasers operating at (a) 1.3 and (b) 2 μm with GaInSn nanospheres SAs.
    Tianqi Zhang, Mudong Wang, Yang Xue, Jinlong Xu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu. Liquid metal as a broadband saturable absorber for passively Q-switched lasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(11): 111901
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