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Chin. Phys. B, 2012, Vol. 21(6): 064211    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/6/064211
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Passively mode-locked 2-μm Tm:YAP laser with a double-wall carbon nanotube absorber

Qu Zun-Shi(曲遵世)a), Wang Yong-Gang(王勇刚)b), Liu Jie(刘杰)a)†, Zheng Li-He(郑丽和)c), Su Liang-Bi(苏良碧)c), and Xu Jun(徐军)c)
a. College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China;
b. Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 30010, China;
c. Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Abstract  We report on a diode-pumped passively continuous wave (cw) mode-locked Tm:YAP laser with a double-wall carbon nanotube (DWCNT) absorber operating at a wavelength of 2023 nm for the first time, to the best our knowledge. The DWCNT absorber is fabricated on a hydrophilic quartz substrate by using the vertical evaporation technique. The output power is as high as 375 mW. A stable pulse train with a repetition rate of 72.26 MHz is generated with a highest single pulse energy of 5.2 μJ.
Keywords:  double-wall carbon nanotubes      Tm:YAP      passive mode-locking  
Received:  21 June 2011      Revised:  21 September 2011      Accepted manuscript online: 
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.Km (Infrared transmitting materials)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61078032) and the Science and Technology Funds on Solide-State Laser Laboratory of China (Grant No. 9140C0403011106).
Corresponding Authors:  Liu Jie     E-mail:  jieliu@sdnu.edu.cn

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Qu Zun-Shi(曲遵世), Wang Yong-Gang(王勇刚), Liu Jie(刘杰), Zheng Li-He(郑丽和), Su Liang-Bi(苏良碧), and Xu Jun(徐军) Passively mode-locked 2-μm Tm:YAP laser with a double-wall carbon nanotube absorber 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 064211

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