Zeolite templated carbon nanodots for broadband ultrafast pulsed fiber laser generation

Xintong Xu; Jiaqi Chen; Wentao Shi; Dalin Sun; Shaowen Chu; Lang Sun; Wenfei Zhang; Yanping Chen; Jianpang Zhai; Shuangchen Ruan; Zikang Tang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001182

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1182(2019)

Zeolite templated carbon nanodots for broadband ultrafast pulsed fiber laser generation

Xintong Xu^1,2, Jiaqi Chen², Wentao Shi², Dalin Sun², Shaowen Chu², Lang Sun², Wenfei Zhang², Yanping Chen³, Jianpang Zhai³, Shuangchen Ruan^1,2、*, and Zikang Tang⁴

Author Affiliations

¹Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China

²Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³College of New Materials and New Energies, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China

⁴Institute of Applied Physics & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Apr. 29, 2019

Accepted: Aug. 14, 2019

Published Online: Oct. 8, 2019

The Author Email: Shuangchen Ruan (scruan@sztu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001182

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