Femtosecond laser direct writing of Nd:YLF cladding waveguides for efficient 1047-nm laser emission

Abstract

In this work, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of 1047-nm Q-switched mode-locked Nd:YLF cladding waveguide lasers fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing (FsLDW) is reported. Modulated by Gr-ReS2-Gr heterostructure film, the fabricated waveguide laser delivers laser pulses with a pulse duration of as short as 31 ps at a fundamental repetition rate of up to 9.55 GHz. The maximum output power under the pulsed regime is determined to be 300 mW with a slope efficiency of 31.77%. The result in this work indicates promising applications of Gr-ReS2-Gr heterostructure film for modulation of ultrafast pulsed laser and compact Nd:YLF waveguide lasers for integrated photonics.