Mode locking of ceramic Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet with graphene as a saturable absorber

W. D. Tan; C. Y. Su; R. J. Knize; G. Q. Xie; L. J. Li; D. Y. Tang

doi:10.1063/1.3292018

Mode locking of ceramic Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet with graphene as a saturable absorber

W. D. Tan, C. Y. Su, R. J. Knize, G. Q. Xie, L. J. Li, D. Y. Tang

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Abstract

The mode-locking of a ceramic Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) solid-state laser (SSL) with solution processed graphene as saturable absorber (SA) was demonstrated. Transform-limited pulses with duration of 4 ps centered at 1064 nm were generated for a nondispersion compensated Nd:YAG SSL. Z -scan studies revealed that the graphene SA has a saturation intensity of 0.87 M W cm-2 and a normalized modulation depth of 17.4%. Our results illustrate the potential of using graphene as a mode locker for SSLs.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	031106
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292018
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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