Switchable dual-wavelength <i>Q</i>-switched fiber laser using multilayer black phosphorus as a saturable absorber

Junmin Liu; Yu Chen; Ying Li; Han Zhang; Shuiqin Zheng; Shixiang Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000198

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 198(2018)

Switchable dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser using multilayer black phosphorus as a saturable absorber

Junmin Liu^1,2、†, Yu Chen^2、†, Ying Li², Han Zhang², Shuiqin Zheng^1,2, and Shixiang Xu^1、*

¹Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Photonic Information Technology, College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Category: Semiconductor UV Photonics

Received: Nov. 20, 2017

Accepted: Jan. 17, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

The Author Email: Shixiang Xu (shxxu@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000198

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