Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er:fiber laser

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1522-1534

  Zhang, Meng ^a   Howe, Richard C T ^b   Woodward, Robert I ^a   Kelleher, Edmund J R ^a   Torrisi, Felice ^b   Hu, Guohua ^b   Popov, Sergei V ^a   Taylor, J Roy ^a   Hasan, Tawfique ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

liquid phase exfoliation; molybdenum disulfide; polymer composites; saturable absorbers; two dimensional materials; ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939960621     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0637-2     Document Type: Article

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