Title :
Q-switched mode-locking of a mid-infrared Tm:YAG waveguide laser with graphene film
Author :
Ren, Y.Y. ; Beecher, Stephen J. ; Brown, G. ; Rodenas, Airan ; Lancaster, Adam ; Chen, Fan ; Kar, Ajoy K.
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Crystal Mater., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Wave-guiding was achieved in Tm3+ doped YAG cladding waveguide fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription. With a graphene based saturable absorber mirror, Q-switched mode-locking operation in the 2 μm spectral region was realized from the waveguide.
Keywords :
Q-switching; graphene; high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thin films; thulium; waveguide lasers; yttrium compounds; Q-switched mode-locking; YAG:Tm-C; cladding waveguide; graphene based saturable absorber mirror; graphene film; midinfrared waveguide laser; optical fabrication; ultrafast laser inscription; wavelength 2 mum; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600297
