Few-layer MoS<sub>2</sub> grown by chemical vapor deposition as a passive Q-switcher for tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers

Handing Xia; Heping Li; Changyong Lan; Chun Li; Jinbo Du; Shangjian Zhang; Yong Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.3.000A92

Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 3, A92(2015)

Few-layer MoS₂ grown by chemical vapor deposition as a passive Q-switcher for tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers

Handing Xia, Heping Li^*, Changyong Lan, Chun Li, Jinbo Du, Shangjian Zhang, and Yong Liu

State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

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Special Issue: PHOTONICS BASED ON TWO DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS

Received: Jan. 6, 2015

Accepted: Mar. 5, 2015

Published Online: Jan. 23, 2019

The Author Email: Heping Li (oehpli@uestc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.3.000A92

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