A compact saturable absorber mirror（SAM） based on few-layer molybdenum disulfide（MoS2） nanoplatelets was fabricated and successfully used as an efficient saturable absorber（SA） for the passively Q-switched solid-state laser at 1 μm wavelength. Pulses as short as 182 ns were obtained from a ytterbium-doped（Yb:LGGG） bulk laser Q-switched by the MoS2 SAM, which we believe to be the shortest one ever achieved from the MoS2 SAs-based Q-switched bulk lasers. A maximum average output power of 0.6 W was obtained with a slope efficiency of 24%,corresponding to single pulse energy up to 1.8 μJ. In addition, the simultaneous dual-wavelength Q-switching at 1025.2 and 1028.1 nm has been successfully achieved. The results indicate the promising potential of few-layer MoS2 nanoplatelets as nonlinear optical switches for achieving efficient pulsed bulk lasers.
A clean and safe synthesis method of 5-(4'-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)-1H-tetrazole was found:under hydrothermal conditions,1.2 equiv.of 4'-methylbiphenyl-2-carbonitrile react with 1 equiv.of sodium azide in a mixed solvent of propane-1,2-diol/H2O,with 1.5 equiv.of ammonium chloride and 0.2 equiv.of ammonium fluoride as catalyst.After simple post-processing,the yield can be improved to 95%,and the purity of the product is 99%without further recrystallization.
We demonstrate a high power continuous-wave(CW)and acoustic-optically(AO)Q-switched 1314-nm laser with a diode-side-pumped Nd:YLF module.A maximum CW output power of 21.6 W is obtained with a diode pump power of 180 W,corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 12.0%and a slope efficiency of 16.1%.In the Q-switching operation,a highest pulse energy of 3.8 mJ is obtained at a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz.The shortest pulse width and maximum single peak power are 101.9ns and 37.3 kW,respectively.
