Saturable and reverse saturable absorption in molybdenum disulfide dispersion and film by defect engineering

Chunhui Lu; Hongwen Xuan; Yixuan Zhou; Xinlong Xu; Qiyi Zhao; Jintao Bai

doi:10.1364/PRJ.395870

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 9, 1512(2020)

Saturable and reverse saturable absorption in molybdenum disulfide dispersion and film by defect engineering

Chunhui Lu¹, Hongwen Xuan^1、*, Yixuan Zhou¹, Xinlong Xu¹, Qiyi Zhao², and Jintao Bai¹

¹Shaanxi Joint Laboratory of Graphene, State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

²School of Science, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710121, China

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Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Apr. 22, 2020

Accepted: Jun. 23, 2020

Published Online: Aug. 31, 2020

The Author Email: Hongwen Xuan (hwxuan@nwu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.395870

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