PbS quantum dots as a saturable absorber for ultrafast laser

Ling Yun; Yang Qiu; Conghao Yang; Jie Xing; Kehan Yu; Xiangxing Xu; Wei Wei

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001028

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 11, 1028(2018)

PbS quantum dots as a saturable absorber for ultrafast laser

Ling Yun¹, Yang Qiu¹, Conghao Yang¹, Jie Xing¹, Kehan Yu^1、*, Xiangxing Xu^2,3, and Wei Wei¹

¹College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, China

²Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China

³e-mail: xuxx@njnu.edu.cn

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jul. 23, 2018

Accepted: Sep. 11, 2018

Published Online: Nov. 11, 2018

The Author Email: Kehan Yu (kehanyu@njupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.001028

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