Black phosphorus saturable absorber for ultrashort pulse generation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Sotor, J ^a   Sobon, G ^a   Macherzynski, W ^a   Paletko, P ^a   Abramski, K M ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PHOSPHORUS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YARN;

ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; ER-DOPED FIBER LASER; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSE; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION; UNDER PULSED EXCITATIONS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84938818072     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4927673     Document Type: Article

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