High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler

Li, Lifei; Jin, Chenjie; Qi, Mei; Chen, Xiaoming; Ren, Zhaoyu; Zheng, Xinliang; Bai, Jintao; Sun, Zhipei

doi:10.1063/1.4902917

Title: High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler

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We demonstrate a Q-switched radially polarized all-solid-state laser by transferring a graphene film directly onto an output coupler. The laser generates Q-switched radially polarized beam (QRPB) with a pulse width of 192 ns and 2.7 W average output power. The corresponding single pulse energy is up to 16.2 μJ with a high repetition rate of 167 kHz. The M{sup 2} factor and the polarization purity are ∼2.1 and 96%, respectively. Our QRPB source is a simple and low-cost source for a variety of applications, such as industrial material processing, optical trapping, and microscopy.

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Li, Lifei; Jin, Chenjie; Qi, Mei; Chen, Xiaoming; Ren, Zhaoyu ^[1]; Zheng, Xinliang ^[2]; Bai, Jintao ^[1]; Sun, Zhipei ^[3]

National Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials (Culture Base), and Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 (China)
Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 (China)
Department of Micro- and Nanosciences, Aalto University, P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto (Finland)

Publication Date:: Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22402380

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 22; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; GRAPHENE; KHZ RANGE 100-1000; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; POLARIZED BEAMS; PULSES; Q-SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS

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                    Li, Lifei, Jin, Chenjie, Qi, Mei, Chen, Xiaoming, Ren, Zhaoyu, Zheng, Xinliang, Bai, Jintao, Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, and Sun, Zhipei. High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
        Web.  doi:10.1063/1.4902917.

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                    Li, Lifei, Jin, Chenjie, Qi, Mei, Chen, Xiaoming, Ren, Zhaoyu, Zheng, Xinliang, Bai, Jintao, Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, & Sun, Zhipei. High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902917

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                    Li, Lifei, Jin, Chenjie, Qi, Mei, Chen, Xiaoming, Ren, Zhaoyu, Zheng, Xinliang, Bai, Jintao, Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, and Sun, Zhipei. 2014.  
        "High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902917.

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@article{osti_22402380,

  title        = {High repetition rate Q-switched radially polarized laser with a graphene-based output coupler},

  author       = {Li, Lifei and Jin, Chenjie and Qi, Mei and Chen, Xiaoming and Ren, Zhaoyu and Zheng, Xinliang and Bai, Jintao and Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 and Sun, Zhipei},

  abstractNote = {We demonstrate a Q-switched radially polarized all-solid-state laser by transferring a graphene film directly onto an output coupler. The laser generates Q-switched radially polarized beam (QRPB) with a pulse width of 192 ns and 2.7 W average output power. The corresponding single pulse energy is up to 16.2 μJ with a high repetition rate of 167 kHz. The M{sup 2} factor and the polarization purity are ∼2.1 and 96%, respectively. Our QRPB source is a simple and low-cost source for a variety of applications, such as industrial material processing, optical trapping, and microscopy.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4902917},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22402380},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 22,

  volume       = 105,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}

}

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