In recent years, 2D layered materials, including graphene, topological insulators, transition
metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, and metal …

Ultrafast laser sources operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, which contains the
characteristic fingerprint spectra of many important molecules and transparent windows of …

In recent years, a variety of 2‐dimensional (2D) materials including graphene, topological
insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black phosphorus have been utilized in …

Wide‐spectral saturable absorption (SA) has been experimentally demonstrated in two‐
dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with outstanding performance, such as low saturation …

Ultrafast lasers play an important role in a variety of applications ranging from optical
communications to medical diagnostics and industrial materials processing. Graphene and …

Mode-locked laser operation near 2.05 µm based on a mixed sesquioxide Tm: LuYO_3
ceramic is demonstrated. Continuous-wave and wavelength-tunable operation is also …

Pulses as short as 44 fs (6 optical cycles) with a spectral width of 120 nm are generated from
a mode-locked solid-state laser near 2 µm employing an orthorhombic Tm: GdScO_3 …

Pulsed solid‐state lasers comprise 2D materials as saturable absorbers that contain
transparent windows of the atmosphere and characteristic fingerprint spectra of several vital …

A Tm-doped mixed sesquioxide ceramic laser is mode-locked near 2 µm using InGaAsSb
quantum-well semiconductor saturable absorber and chirped mirrors for dispersion …

We report on, to the best of our knowledge, the first sub-100 fs mode-locked Ho^ 3+-laser in
the 2 μm spectral range employing a disordered co-doped Tm, Ho: CaYAlO_4 (Tm, Ho …