Zirconium boride as a high fluence saturable absorber for q-switched fiber lasers

Haroldo T. Hattori; Ahasanul Haque; Benjamin C. Olbricht; Ziyuan Li

doi:10.1109/LPT.2017.2771224

Zirconium boride as a high fluence saturable absorber for q-switched fiber lasers

Haroldo T. Hattori^*, Ahasanul Haque, Benjamin C. Olbricht, Ziyuan Li

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Ultra-high temperature ceramics are widely used in hypersonic vehicles, nuclear reactors, and in other equipment that operates under extreme conditions. In particular, Zirconium Boride (ZrB₁₂) is an ultra-high temperature refractory ceramic material with a melting point above 3000 °C. The measured laser damage threshold of ZrB₁₂ is 132 mJ/cm², higher than in many materials commonly used as saturable absorbers, making it suitable for work in high-power laser systems. Zirconium Boride is also used as a saturable absorber in an ytterbium-doped Q-switched fiber laser, producing pulses between 239 and 2600 ns.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-14
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2017.2771224
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

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