• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 1, 70 (2020)
Jian Yang1, Jiyi Hu2, Hongyu Luo1, Jianfeng Li1、*, Jishu Liu2, Xiaohui Li2、3, and Yong Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 3e-mail: lixiaohui0523@163.com
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.8.000070 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jian Yang, Jiyi Hu, Hongyu Luo, Jianfeng Li, Jishu Liu, Xiaohui Li, Yong Liu. Fe3O4 nanoparticles as a saturable absorber for a tunable Q-switched dysprosium laser around 3 μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(1): 70 Copy Citation Text show less
    Characterizations of Fe3O4 nanoparticle dispersion: (a) atomic structure, (b) TEM image with a 50 nm scale, (c) HRTEM image with a 5 nm scale, and (d) X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Fig. 1. Characterizations of Fe3O4 nanoparticle dispersion: (a) atomic structure, (b) TEM image with a 50 nm scale, (c) HRTEM image with a 5 nm scale, and (d) X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Nonlinear optical absorption measurement: (a) experimental setup and (b) results at 2.87 μm.
    Fig. 2. Nonlinear optical absorption measurement: (a) experimental setup and (b) results at 2.87 μm.
    Experimental setup of the tunable passively Q-switched Dy3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as the SA. L1-L4, four lenses; DM1 and DM2, two dichroic mirrors; HT, high transmittance; HR, high reflectance.
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of the tunable passively Q-switched Dy3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as the SA. L1-L4, four lenses; DM1 and DM2, two dichroic mirrors; HT, high transmittance; HR, high reflectance.
    Q-switched pulse train and single pulse waveform (inset) at the launched pump powers of (a) 1.62 W and (b) 2.89 W; (c) optical and (d) RF spectra at the launched pump power of 2.89 W.
    Fig. 4. Q-switched pulse train and single pulse waveform (inset) at the launched pump powers of (a) 1.62 W and (b) 2.89 W; (c) optical and (d) RF spectra at the launched pump power of 2.89 W.
    (a) Pulse width and repetition rate and (b) pulse energy and output power as a function of the launched pump power.
    Fig. 5. (a) Pulse width and repetition rate and (b) pulse energy and output power as a function of the launched pump power.
    (a) Output spectrum, output power, and pulse energy, and (b) repetition rate and pulse width as a function of the wavelength at the launched pump power of 2.89 W.
    Fig. 6. (a) Output spectrum, output power, and pulse energy, and (b) repetition rate and pulse width as a function of the wavelength at the launched pump power of 2.89 W.
    Jian Yang, Jiyi Hu, Hongyu Luo, Jianfeng Li, Jishu Liu, Xiaohui Li, Yong Liu. Fe3O4 nanoparticles as a saturable absorber for a tunable Q-switched dysprosium laser around 3 μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(1): 70
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