Watt-level passively Q-switched mode-locked YVO4/Nd:YVO 4 laser operating at 1.06 μm using graphene as a saturable absorber

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 393-397

  Xu, S C ^a   Man, B Y ^a   Jiang, S Z ^a   Chen, C S ^a   Yang, C ^a   Liu, M ^a   Huang, Q J ^b   Zhang, C ^a   Bi, D ^a   Meng, X ^a   Liu, F Y ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CVD; Graphene SA; YVO4 Nd:YVO4 crystal

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); GRAPHENE SATURABLE ABSORBERS; MODULATION DEPTH; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED MODE-LOCKED; Q-SWITCHED MODE-LOCKING; TRANSFER PROCESS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PUMPING (LASER); SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84885400104     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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