Broadband nonlinear optical resonance and all-optical switching of liquid phase exfoliated tungsten diselenide

Yue Jia; Youxian Shan; Leiming Wu; Xiaoyu Dai; Dianyuan Fan; Yuanjiang Xiang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001040

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 11, 1040(2018)

Broadband nonlinear optical resonance and all-optical switching of liquid phase exfoliated tungsten diselenide

Yue Jia^1,2, Youxian Shan^1,2, Leiming Wu^1,2, Xiaoyu Dai^1,2, Dianyuan Fan^1,2, and Yuanjiang Xiang^2、*

¹SZU-NUS Collaborative Center and International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Aug. 6, 2018

Accepted: Sep. 7, 2018

Published Online: Nov. 11, 2018

The Author Email: Yuanjiang Xiang (xiangyuanjiang@126.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.001040

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