A Transparent Photoresist Made of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle-Embedded Acrylic Resin with a Tunable Refractive Index for UV-Imprint Lithography

Transparent photoresists with a high refractive index(RI)and high transmittance in visible wavelengths have promising functionalities in optical fields.This work reports a kind of tunable optical material composed of titanium dioxide nanoparticles embedded in acrylic resin with a high RI for ultraviolet(UV)-imprint lithography.The hybrid film exhibits a tunable RI of up to 1.67(589 nm)after being cured by UV light,while maintaining both a high transparency of over 98%in the visible light range and a low haze of less than 0.05%.The precision machining of optical microstructures can be imprinted easily and efficiently using the hybrid resin,which acts as a light guide plate(LGP)to guide the light from the side to the top in order to conserve the energy of the display device.These preliminary studies based on both laboratory and commercial experiments pave the way for exploiting the unparalleled optical properties of nanocomposite resins and promoting their industrial application.

Highly efficient dual-wavelength acousto-optically Q-switched Tm,La:CaF_(2)laser

A highly efficient milli-joule-level Q-switched Tm,La:CaF_(2)laser is experimentally demonstrated.By employing an acousto-optic modulator,the diode-pumped pulsed lasers are stably operated at repetition rates ranging from 500 Hz to 10 kHz.Dual-wavelength operation of 1881.7 nm and 1888.5 nm is achieved with slope efficiency of 64.7%.Up to 1.89 mJ of pulse energy is obtained at a pulse width of 100 ns,corresponding to a peak power of 18.88 kW.These results verified that the Tm,La:CaF_(2)crystal could be a promising candidate for achieving highly efficient and high-energy pulsed lasers.

Graphdiyne as a saturable absorber for 2-µm all-solid-state Q-switched laser

As a novel one-atom-thick carbon allotrope,graphdiyne(GDY)has attracted wide interest in two-dimensional materials owing to its unique feature with a planar layer comprising sp2-and sp-hybridized carbon atoms and a direct natural bandgap.A high-quality saturable absorber(SA)based on GDY was successfully fabricated,and the nonlinear saturable absorption properties were investigated.A compact diode-pumped solid-state passively Q-switched laser based on the as-prepared GDY-SA could be operated at 2µm.The Q-switched laser delivered a maximum average output power of 1.29 W at a central wavelength of 1908.41 nm with up to 54.8%slope efficiency.A repetition rate of 91.58 kHz and single pulse energy of 23.08µJ were obtained.This work is the first application of GDY as an SA to generate all-solid-state pulsed lasers.These results indicate that GDY is a promising SA for solid-state pulsed lasers and has further application potential for ultrafast photonic devices in the 2-µm region.

High single-pulse energy passively Q-switched laser based on Y b,Gd:SrF2 crystal

We report on laser diode(LD) pumped passively Q-switched Yb,Gd:SrF2 lasers with high single-pulse energy for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. In addition, a stable Q-switched laser based on a Cr4+:Y3Al5O12 saturable absorber was demonstrated. The maximum output power of the Q-switched laser obtained was 495 m W, with a pulse width and a pulse repetition rate of 233 ns and 1.238 kHz, respectively. The corresponding single-pulse energy and the peak power were as high as 400 μJ and 1.714 k W. The laser was operated under a transverse electromagnetic mode, and the beam quality was near-diffraction-limited.