5.9 GHz graphene based q-switched modelocked mid-infrared monolithic waveguide laser

Fiona Thorburn; Adam Lancaster; Sean McDaniel; Gary Cook; Ajoy Kumar Kar

doi:10.1364/OE.25.026166

5.9 GHz graphene based q-switched modelocked mid-infrared monolithic waveguide laser

Fiona Thorburn^*
, Adam Lancaster
, Sean McDaniel
, Gary Cook
, Ajoy Kumar Kar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A high repetition rate Q-switched modelocked ~2.1 µm monolithic waveguide laser is reported. Ultrafast laser inscription is used to fabricate 3D depressed cladding channel waveguides in holmium doped yttrium aluminium garnet. This results in a transversely single mode waveguide laser. With the use of a graphene based saturable output coupler, Q-switched modelocking was achieved with a pulse repetition frequency of 5.9 GHz and up to 170 mW of average output power. This first demonstration of multi-GHz repetition rate operation from a Ho³⁺:YAG laser provides a compact and convenient source for a number of applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	26166-26174
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	25
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.026166
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2017

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