Titanium Dioxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Saturable Absorber for Passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 Laser

Xi Wang; Yonggang Wang; Yuzong Gu; Lu Li; Jiang Wang; Xiguang Yang; Zhendong Chen

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2900272

Titanium Dioxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Saturable Absorber for Passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ Laser

Xi Wang
, Yonggang Wang
, Yuzong Gu
, Lu Li
, Jiang Wang
, Xiguang Yang
, Zhendong Chen

Henan University
Shaanxi Normal University
Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications

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Abstract

A high-Transmittance ultra-Thin titanium dioxide (TiO₂) film saturable absorber (SA) fabricated by Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technology is reported and used for the first time to obtain passively Q-switched pulses from a solid-state laser. The optical loss of pure TiO₂ LB film at a wavelength of 1 μm is only 6.5%, and the nonlinear modulation depth, saturation intensity, and non-saturable loss of the entire TiO₂ SA device are 4.3%, 0.125 MW/cm², and 9.8%, respectively. Intrinsic high stability and heat resistance of TiO₂ nanomaterials contribute to a laser output with average power (2.35 W) and a corresponding laser pulse width and repetition rate of 173 ns and 2.008 MHz, respectively. The laser output with the pulse energy of 1.17 μJ and peak power of 6.76 W indicates the excellent potential of TiO₂ nanomaterials for applications in solid-state pulsed lasers.

Original language	English
Article number	8653901
Journal	IEEE Photonics Journal
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2900272
State	Published - Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Q-switched laser
nonlinear optical materials.
saturable absorber
solid-state laser

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Titanium Dioxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Saturable Absorber for Passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ Laser

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