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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 7, 674(2018)

Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber

Gaozhong Wang1,2、†, Guangxing Liang1、†, Aidan A. Baker-Murray2, Kangpeng Wang2,4, Jing Jing Wang2, Xiaoyan Zhang3, Daniel Bennett2, Jing-Ting Luo1,5, Jun Wang3, Ping Fan1、*, and Werner J. Blau2
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  • 1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 2School of Physics and the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
  • 3Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 4e-mail: wangkangpeng@msn.com
  • 5e-mail: luojt@szu.edu.cn
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    Gaozhong Wang, Guangxing Liang, Aidan A. Baker-Murray, Kangpeng Wang, Jing Jing Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel Bennett, Jing-Ting Luo, Jun Wang, Ping Fan, Werner J. Blau. Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 674

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Mar. 14, 2018

    Accepted: Apr. 26, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 4, 2018

    The Author Email: Ping Fan (fanping308@126.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000674

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