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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 10, C44(2018)

TiS₂-based saturable absorber for ultrafast fiber lasers

X. Zhu^1、†, S. Chen^2、†, M. Zhang^1、*, L. Chen^2,3,5, Q. Wu¹, J. Zhao⁴, Q. Jiang¹, Z. Zheng¹, and H. Zhang²

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¹School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

²Department of Optoelectronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China

⁴College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

⁵e-mail: l.chen10@alumni.imperial.ac.uk

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Special Issue: TWO DIMENSIONAL LAYERED MATERIALS FOR ULTRAFAST LASERS (INVITATION ONLY)

Received: Jun. 28, 2018

Accepted: Aug. 20, 2018

Published Online: Sep. 25, 2018

The Author Email: M. Zhang (mengzhang10@buaa.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000C44

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