Huanian Zhang

Passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser with V(3+):YAG saturable absorber at 1357 nm.

1357 nm single-wavelength continuous-wave and passively V(3+):YAGQ-switched Nd:YAG ceramic crystal lasers have been experimentally demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. The output power of the continuous-wave laser was as high as 2.4 W under the incident pump power of 14.8 W. The corresponding optical to optical efficiency was about 16.2% and the slope efficiency was about 18.6%. The Q-switched laser remained single-wavelength output with a maximum average output power of 628 mW at the incident pump power of 12.4 W. The corresponding pulse width was 21 ns and the repetition frequency was 15 kHz.

1357 nm passively Q-switched crystalline ceramic laser based on multilayer graphene

1357 nm single wavelength passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic lasers are demonstrated with a multilayer graphene sheets saturable absorber (SA). During an increase in the incident pump power, the laser exhibited stable Q-switched oscillation, which showed that our graphene SA provided Q-switched modulation successfully. The maximum average output power was 340 mW, and the corresponding pulse width, pulse repetition rate, single pulse energy and peak power were 380 ns, 209 kHz, 53 μJ and 139 W, respectively. Our results illustrate that graphene can be used as an SA for 1357 nm passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic lasers.