Topological insulator: Bi2Te3 saturable absorber for the passive Q-switching operation of an in-band pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG ceramic laser

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Pinghua ^a   Zhang, Xiaoqi ^b   Zhao, Chujun ^a   Wang, Yong ^c   Zhang, Han ^a   Shen, Deyuan ^d   Wen, Shuangchun ^a   Tang, Dingyuan ^c   Fan, Dianyuan ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ceramic laser; Er:YAG; Q switching (Q S); Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; CERAMIC LASERS; IN-BAND; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PULSEWIDTHS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ERBIUM; GRAPHENE; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 84877731104     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2250494     Document Type: Article

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