《Large energy laser pulses with high repetition rate by graphene Q-switched solid-state laser》.pdfVIP

Large energy laser pulses with high repetition rate by graphene Q-switched solid-state laser 1 1 1 1,2 1,* Xian-lei Li, Jin-long Xu, Yong-zhong Wu, Jing-liang He, and Xiao-peng Hao 1State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China 2 jlhe@sdu.edu.cn *xphao@sdu.edu.cn Abstract: We demonstrated that the graphene could be used as an effective saturable absorber for Q-switched solid-state lasers. A graphene saturable absorber mirror was fabricated with large and high-quality graphene sheets deprived from the liquid phase exfoliation. Using this mirror, 105-ns pulses and 2.3-W average output power are obtained from a passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser. The maximum pulse energy is 3.2 μJ. The slope efficiency is as high as 37% approximating to 40% of the continue-wave laser, indicating a low intrinsic loss of the graphene. ©2011 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (160.4330) Nonlinear optical materials; (230.4170) Multilayers. References and links 1. B. Braun, F. X. Kärtner, U. Keller, J. P. Meyn, and G. Huber, “Passively Q-switched 180-ps Nd:LaSc( (BO( ))( ) microchip laser,” Opt. Lett. 21(6), 405–407 (1996). 3) 3 4 2. B. Braun, F. X. Kärtner, G. Zhang, M. Moser, and U. Keller, “56-ps passively Q-switched diode-pumped microchip laser,” Opt. Lett. 22