Broadband nonlinear optical response in multilayer black phosphorus: An emerging infrared and mid-infrared optical material

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11183-11194

  Lu, S B ^a   Miao, L L ^b   Guo, Z N ^a   Qi, X ^c   Zhao, C J ^a,b   Zhang, H ^a   Wen, S C ^b   Tang, D Y ^d   Fan, D Y ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOSPHORUS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; ULTRA-FAST PHOTONICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84938792656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.011183     Document Type: Article

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