Using n- and p-Type Bi2Te3 topological insulator nanoparticles to enable controlled femtosecond mode-locking of fiber lasers

ACS Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 481-490

  Lin, Yung Hsiang ^a   Lin, Sheng Fong ^a   Chi, Yu Chieh ^a   Wu, Chung Lun ^a,b   Cheng, Chih Hsien ^a   Tseng, Wei Hsuan ^a   He, Jr Hau ^a   Wu, Chih I ^a   Lee, Chao Kuei ^b   Lin, Gong Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bi2< inf>Te3< inf> nanoparticle; femtosecond soliton laser; passive mode locking; pulse compression; topological insulator

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FERMI LEVEL; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; NANOPARTICLES; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PHASE MODULATION; PULSE COMPRESSION; PULSE GENERATORS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HYBRID MODE-LOCKING; MODE LOCKING REGIME; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSE SHORTENING MECHANISM; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SOLITON LASER; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 84927713815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00031     Document Type: Article

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