Abstract
We report on a passively mode-locked Nd: LuVO4 laser using a type saturable absorber of tungsten disulfide (WS2) fabricated by chemical vapor deposition method. At the pump power of 3.3 W, 1.18-W average output power of continuous-wave mode-locked laser with optical conversion efficiency of 36% was achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power of passively mode-locked solid-state laser based on WS2. The repetition rate of passively mode-locked pulse was 80 MHz with the pulse energy of 14.8 nJ. Our experimental results show that WS2 is an excellent type of saturable absorber.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 046114 |
Journal | Optical Engineering |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- Nd:LuVO
- mode locked
- tungsten disulfide