Multi-walled carbon nanotube as a saturable absorber for a passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4laser

Xue Chun Lin; Ling Zhang; Yuen Hong Tsang; Yong Gang Wang; Hai Juan Yu; Shi Lian Yan; Wei Sun; Ying Ying Yang; Zehua Han; Wei Hou

doi:10.1088/1612-2011/10/5/055805

Multi-walled carbon nanotube as a saturable absorber for a passively mode-locked Nd:YVO₄laser

Xue Chun Lin, Ling Zhang, Yuen Hong Tsang, Yong Gang Wang, Hai Juan Yu, Shi Lian Yan, Wei Sun, Ying Ying Yang, Zehua Han, Wei Hou

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Within the family of carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotube material has the advantages of low-cost and high laser damage threshold. Therefore, in principle, it is more suitable for high power laser applications. In this letter, a high power continuous wave mode-locking Nd:YVO4laser using a multi-walled carbon nanotube absorber has been successfully demonstrated. An average output power as high as 1.4 W has been achieved with a slope efficiency of 24%. The repetition rate and pulse width of the mode-locked laser were 68 MHz and 15.5 ps, respectively. The calculated pulse energy and peak power were 20.6 nJ and 1.33 kW, respectively.

Original language	English
Article number	055805
Journal	Laser Physics Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1612-2011/10/5/055805
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2013

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