Carbon nanotube Q-switched Yb:KLuW surface channel waveguide lasers

Ji Eun Bae, Tae Gwan Park, Esrom Kifle, Xavier Mateos, Magdalena Aguiló, Francesc Díaz, Carolina Romero, Javier Rodriguez Vázquez De Aldana, Hansuek Lee, Fabian Rotermund

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Abstract

A channel waveguide (WG) buried immediately below the surface of a Yb:KLuW crystal is used as a laser gain medium for passive Q-switching by both evanescent- and direct-field interactions with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) near 1040 nm. The SWCNTs used as saturable absorbers (SAs) are deposited on top of the half-ring-type channel WG fabricated via femtosecond direct laser writing. The Q-switched WG laser delivers 88.5 ns pulses at a 1.16 MHz repetition rate with a maximum average output power of 680 mW. For the two different interaction schemes with SWCNT-SAs, the pulse characteristics, depending on the output coupling ratio and absorbed pump power, are experimentally investigated and compared to the results of theoretical analyses of the SA Q-switched operation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)216-219
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Funding. National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1A4A1015426, 2018H1A2A1061480); Spanish Government (FIS2017-87970-R, MAT2016-75716-C2-1-R (AEI/FEDER, UE)); Junta de Castilla y León (SA287P18); Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR755). National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1A4A1015426, 2018H1A2A1061480); Spanish Government (FIS2017-87970-R, MAT2016-75716-C2-1-R (AEI/FEDER, UE)); Junta de Castilla y León (SA287P18); GeneralitatdeCatalunya (2017SGR755).

FundersFunder number
GeneralitatdeCatalunya
Spanish GovernmentFIS2017-87970-R, MAT2016-75716-C2-1-R
Generalitat de Catalunya2017SGR755
National Research Foundation of Korea2018H1A2A1061480, 2017R1A4A1015426
Consejería de Educación, Junta de Castilla y LeónSA287P18
European Regional Development Fund
Agencia Estatal de Investigación

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