摘要
We report on the operation of passively Q-switched waveguide lasers at 1 μm wavelength based on a graphene∕WS_2 heterostructure as a saturable absorber(SA). The gain medium is a crystalline Nd:YVO_4 cladding waveguide produced by femtosecond laser writing. The nanosecond waveguide laser operation at 1064 nm has been realized with the maximum average output power of 275 m W and slope efficiency of 37%. In comparison with the systems based on single WS_2 or graphene SA, the lasing Q-switched by a graphene∕WS_2 heterostructure SA possesses advantages of a higher pulse energy and enhanced slope efficiency, indicating the promisingapplications of van der Waals heterostructures for ultrafast photonic devices.
We report on the operation of passively Q-switched waveguide lasers at 1 mu m wavelength based on a graphene/WS2 heterostructure as a saturable absorber (SA). The gain medium is a crystalline Nd:YVO4 cladding waveguide produced by femtosecond laser writing. The nanosecond waveguide laser operation at 1064 nm has been realized with the maximum average output power of 275 mW and slope efficiency of 37%. In comparison with the systems based on single WS2 or graphene SA, the lasing Q-switched by a graphene/WS2 heterostructure SA possesses advantages of a higher pulse energy and enhanced slope efficiency, indicating the promising applications of van der Waals heterostructures for ultrafast photonic devices. (C) 2017 Chinese Laser Press
基金
111 Project of China(B13029)
Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(XDB16030700)
Key Research Program of Frontier Science of CAS(QYZDB-SSWJSC041)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11274203,61522510)
STCSM Excellent Academic Leader of Shanghai(17XD1403900)
