Topological Insulator: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$\hbox{Bi}_{2}\hbox{Te}_{3}$ </tex></formula> Saturable Absorber for the Passive Q-Switching Operation of an in-Band Pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG Ceramic Laser

Topological Insulator: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$\hbox{Bi}_{2}\hbox{Te}_{3}$ </tex></formula> Saturable Absorber for the Passive Q-Switching Operation of an in-Band Pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG Ceramic Laser

An in-band pumped 1.645-&#x03BC;m Er:YAG ceramic laser passively Q-switched by a topological insulator: Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> saturable absorber is reported. The average output power could reach up to 210 mW, corresponding to a pulsewidth, a pulse repetition rate,...

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Main Authors: Pinghua Tang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Chujun Zhao, Yong Wang, Han Zhang, Deyuan Shen, Shuangchun Wen, Dingyuan Tang, Dianyuan Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2013-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
Subjects:
Topological insulator
Q-switching (Q-S)
Er:YAG
ceramic laser
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6507368/

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