Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (6): 06000614, Published Online: Jul. 2, 2018
Active/passive Q-switching operation of 2 μm Tm,Ho:YAP laser with an acousto-optical Q-switch/MoS2 saturable absorber mirror
Abstract
The active/passive Q -switching operation of a 2 μm a -cut Tm,Ho:YAP laser was experimentally demonstrated with an acousto-optical Q –switch / Mo S 2 saturable absorber mirror. The active Q -switch laser was operated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, with an average output power of 12.3 W and a maximum pulse energy of 10.3 mJ. The passive Q -switch laser was also the first acquired with an average output power of 3.3 W and per pulse energy of 23.31 μJ, and the beam quality factors of M x 2 = 1.06 and M y 2 = 1.06 were measured at the average output power of 2 W.
Linjun Li, Xining Yang, Long Zhou, Wenqiang Xie, Yunlong Wang, Yingjie Shen, Yuqiang Yang, Wenlong Yang, Wei Wang, Zhiwei Lv, Xiaoming Duan, Minghua Chen. Active/passive Q-switching operation of 2 μm Tm,Ho:YAP laser with an acousto-optical Q-switch/MoS2 saturable absorber mirror[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(6): 06000614.