Mechanically exfoliated black phosphorus as a new saturable absorber for both Q-switching and mode-locking laser operation

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 12823-12833

  Chen, Yu ^a   Jiang, Guobao ^b   Chen, Shuqing ^b   Guo, Zhinan ^a   Yu, Xuefeng ^c   Zhao, Chujun ^a,b   Zhang, Han ^a   Bao, Qiaoliang ^e   Wen, Shuangchun ^b   Tang, Dingyuan ^d   Fan, Dianyuan ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PHOSPHORUS; PULSED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION METALS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; Q-SWITCHING AND MODE-LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TELECOMMUNICATION BANDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 84938220001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.012823     Document Type: Article

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