Van der Waals integration before and beyond two-dimensional materials

Y Liu, Y Huang, X Duan - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Material integration strategies, such as epitaxial growth, usually involve strong chemical
bonds and are typically limited to materials with strict structure matching and processing …

2D layered materials: synthesis, nonlinear optical properties, and device applications

B Guo, Q **ao, S Wang, H Zhang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, 2D layered materials, including graphene, topological insulators, transition
metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, and metal …

Nonlinear optics with 2D layered materials

A Autere, H Jussila, Y Dai, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D layered materials (2DLMs) are a subject of intense research for a wide variety of
applications (eg, electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics) due to their unique physical …

Nonlinear optical properties and applications of 2D materials: theoretical and experimental aspects

JW You, SR Bongu, Q Bao, NC Panoiu - Nanophotonics, 2018 - degruyter.com
In this review, we survey the recent advances in nonlinear optics and the applications of two-
dimensional (2D) materials. We briefly cover the key developments pertaining to research in …

2D materials for optical modulation: challenges and opportunities

S Yu, X Wu, Y Wang, X Guo, L Tong - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their atomic layer thickness, strong light–material interaction, high nonlinearity,
broadband optical response, fast relaxation, controllable optoelectronic properties, and high …

2D black phosphorus saturable absorbers for ultrafast photonics

M Zhang, Q Wu, F Zhang, L Chen, X **… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D nanomaterials are emerging as a promising platform for ultrashort‐pulse fiber
laser technology. This review presents a catalog of the factors affecting the nonlinear optical …

[HTML][HTML] Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

AC Ferrari, F Bonaccorso, V Fal'Ko, KS Novoselov… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional
crystals, and hybrid systems, targeting an evolution in technology, that might lead to impacts …

Mechanically exfoliated black phosphorus as a new saturable absorber for both Q-switching and mode-locking laser operation

Y Chen, G Jiang, S Chen, Z Guo, X Yu, C Zhao… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Black phosphorus (BP), an emerging narrow direct band-gap two-dimensional (2D) layered
material that can fill the gap between the semi-metallic graphene and the wide-bandgap …

Recent advances of 2D materials in nonlinear photonics and fiber lasers

W Liu, M Liu, X Liu, X Wang, HX Deng… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The explosive success of graphene opens a new era of ultrathin 2D materials. It has been
realized that the van der Waals layered materials with atomic and less atomic thickness can …

Revealing the Transition Dynamics from Switching to Mode Locking in a Soliton Laser

X Liu, D Popa, N Akhmediev - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Q switching (QS) and mode locking (ML) are the two main techniques enabling generation
of ultrashort pulses. Here, we report the first observation of pulse evolution and dynamics in …