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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 307(2018)

Graphitic carbon nitride, a saturable absorber material for the visible waveband

Mengxia Wang1、†, Fukun Ma1、†, Zhengping Wang1、*, Dawei Hu2, Xinguang Xu1, and Xiaopeng Hao1,3
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 2Research Institute of Science and Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 3e-mail: xphao@sdu.edu.cn
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    Category: Nanomaterials

    Received: Nov. 9, 2017

    Accepted: Jan. 30, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Zhengping Wang (zpwang@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000307

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