A 1.7-ps pulse mode-locked Yb3+:Sc2SiO5 laser with a reflective graphene oxide saturable absorber

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/1/014207

Abstract

By using a reflective graphene oxide as saturable absorber, a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb³⁺:Sc₂SiO₅ (Yb:SSO) laser has been demonstrated for the first time. Without extra negative dispersion compensation, the minimum pulse duration of 1.7 ps with a repetition rate of 94 MHz was obtained at the central wavelength of 1062.6 nm. The average output power amounts to 355 mW under the absorbed pump power of 15 W. The maximum peak power of the mode-locking laser is up to 2.2 kW, and the single pulse energy is 3.8 nJ.

Keywords: reflective graphene oxide absorber Yb³⁺:Sc₂SiO₅ crystal passive mode-locking diode pump

Received: 20 June 2014
Revised: 29 July 2014
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PACS:	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	42.70.Nq	(Other nonlinear optical materials; photorefractive and semiconductor materials)
	42.70.Hj	(Laser materials)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61078032, 61378024, 60938001, and 61078053) and the Science and Technology Development Projects of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. 2013GGX10108).

Corresponding Authors: Liu Jie
E-mail: jieliu@sdnu.edu.cn

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Ge Ping-Guang (葛平广), Su Li-Ming (苏黎明), Liu Jie (刘杰), Zheng Li-He (郑丽和), Su Liang-Bi (苏良碧), Xu Jun (徐军), Wang Yong-Gang (王勇刚) A 1.7-ps pulse mode-locked Yb³⁺:Sc₂SiO₅ laser with a reflective graphene oxide saturable absorber 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 014207

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