1106 nm <i>Q</i>-switched Nd:GAGG laser using gold nanocages as saturable absorbers

Zhang Bin; Li Ying; Liu Binghai

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202032.200127

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Zhang Bin, Li Ying, Liu Binghai. 1106 nm Q-switched Nd:GAGG laser using gold nanocages as saturable absorbers[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 101002. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200127

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Zhang Bin, Li Ying, Liu Binghai. 1106 nm Q-switched Nd:GAGG laser using gold nanocages as saturable absorbers[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 101002. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200127

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1106 nm Q-switched Nd:GAGG laser using gold nanocages as saturable absorbers

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200127

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School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji’nan 250100, China
2.
Shandong Traffic Technician College, Linyi 276021, China

Received Date: 2020-05-17
Rev Recd Date: 2020-08-04
Publish Date: 2020-09-29

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Using gold nanocages (GNCs) as saturable absorbers (SAs), passively Q-switched Nd:GAGG lasers at 1106 nm were demonstrated. For the laser at T = 3%, the maximum output power of 98 mW was received under the pump power of 6.70 W, with the shortest pulse width of 436 ns and the pulse repetition rate of 206 kHz. Q-switched pulse with the shortest pulse duration of 370 ns, pulse repetition rate of 170 kHz was achieved at transmittance T＝7% under the pump power of 7.69 W with the maximum average output power of 121 mW. These results indicate a great potential of the GNCs as SA in the near-infrared lasers.
- gold nanocages,
- saturable absorber,
- passively Q-switched,
- 1106 nm,
- Nd:GAGG laser

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