2.8  μm all-fiber <italic>Q</italic>-switched and mode-locked lasers with black phosphorus

Zhipeng Qin; Guoqiang Xie; Jingui Ma; Peng Yuan; Liejia Qian

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001074

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 11, 1074(2018)

2.8 μm all-fiber Q-switched and mode-locked lasers with black phosphorus

Zhipeng Qin, Guoqiang Xie^*, Jingui Ma, Peng Yuan, and Liejia Qian

Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Aug. 3, 2018

Accepted: Sep. 2, 2018

Published Online: Nov. 11, 2018

The Author Email: Guoqiang Xie (xiegq@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.001074

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