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- Loiko, Pavel, et al.
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Inkjet-printing of graphene saturable absorbers for similar to 2 mu m bulk and waveguide lasers
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In: Optical Materials Express. - : Optical Society of America. - 2159-3930 .- 2159-3930. ; 8:9, s. 2803-2814
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A technique for inkjet-printing of graphene saturable absorbers (SAs) for similar to 2-mu m bulk and waveguide lasers is presented. Based on distillation-assisted solvent exchange to fabricate high-concentration graphene inks, this technique is capable of producing few-layer graphene films of arbitrary shape. Absorption saturation of graphene printed on glass is demonstrated at similar to 1.56 mu m for picosecond and femtosecond pulses indicating a large fraction of the saturable losses. Inkjet-printed transmission-type graphene SAs are applied in passively Q-switched nanosecond thulium (Tm) microchip and planar waveguide lasers. The Tm microchip laser generates 136 ns / 1.2 mu J pulses at 1917 nm with a repetition rate of 0.37 MHz with a Q-switching conversion efficiency reaching 65%. The planar waveguide laser generates 98 ns / 21 nJ pulses at 1834 nm at a repetition rate in the MHz-range. The inkjet-printing technique is promising for production of patterned SAs for waveguide lasers.
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- Loiko, Pavel, et al.
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Oriented zinc oxide nanorods : A novel saturable absorber for lasers in the near-infrared
- 2018
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In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. - : Beilstein Institut. - 2190-4286. ; 9, s. 2730-2740
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (NRs) oriented along the crystallographic [001] axis are grown by the hydrothermal method on glass substrates. The ZnO NRs exhibit a broadband (1-2 mu m) near-IR absorption ascribed to the singly charged zinc vacancy V-z(n)-1. The saturable absorption of the ZnO NRs is studied at approximate to 1 mu m under picosecond excitation, revealing a low saturation intensity, approximate to 10 kW/cm(2), and high fraction of the saturable losses. The ZnO NRs are applied as saturable absorbers in diode-pumped Yb (approximate to 1.03 mu m) and Tm (approximate to 1.94 mu m) lasers generating nanosecond pulses. The ZnO NRs grown on various optical surfaces are promising broadband saturable absorbers for nanosecond near-IR lasers in bulk and waveguide geometries.
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