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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 972(2020)

MXene-Ti3C2Tx for watt-level high-efficiency pulse generation in a 2.8 μm mid-infrared fiber laser

Chen Wei1、*, Liqiang Zhou2, Dongsheng Wang1,3, Hao Chi1, Hua Huang2, Han Zhang2,4, and Yong Liu1
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • 3e-mail: wangds@uestc.edu.cn
  • 4e-mail: hanz@scu.edu.cn
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    Chen Wei, Liqiang Zhou, Dongsheng Wang, Hao Chi, Hua Huang, Han Zhang, Yong Liu. MXene-Ti3C2Tx for watt-level high-efficiency pulse generation in a 2.8 μm mid-infrared fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(6): 972

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jan. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Apr. 8, 2020

    Published Online: Jun. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Chen Wei (cwei@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.388930

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