Nonlinear optical absorption of few-layer molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) for passively mode-locked soliton fiber laser [Invited]

Photonics Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages A79-A86

  Luo, Zhengqian ^a   Li, Yingyue ^a   Zhong, Min ^a   Huang, Yizhong ^a   Wan, Xiaojiao ^a   Peng, Jian ^a   Weng, Jian ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lasers, fiber; Mode locked lasers; Nanomaterials; Nonlinear optical materials

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLYMER FILMS; SOLITONS; THIN FILMS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; LASERS , FIBER; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MODE-LOCKED LASER; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ABSORPTION; ULTRAFAST FIBER LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941035098     PISSN: 23279125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000A79     Document Type: Article

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