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 …

Recent progress in 2D material‐based saturable absorbers for all solid‐state pulsed bulk lasers

B Zhang, J Liu, C Wang, K Yang, C Lee… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
All solid‐state pulsed lasers (ASSPLs) play a significant role in the fields of medical, military,
industry, and scientific research. Passive Q‐switching and mode‐locking are two of the most …

Few-layer black phosphorus based saturable absorber mirror for pulsed solid-state lasers

J Ma, S Lu, Z Guo, X Xu, H Zhang, D Tang, D Fan - Optics express, 2015‏ - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrated that few-layer black phosphorus (BP) could be used as an
optical modulator for solid-state lasers to generate short laser pulses. The BP flakes were …

2D noncarbon materials-based nonlinear optical devices for ultrafast photonics

B Guo - Chinese Optics Letters, 2018‏ - opg.optica.org
Ultrafast lasers play an important role in a variety of applications ranging from optical
communications to medical diagnostics and industrial materials processing. Graphene and …

Topological Insulator: Saturable Absorber for the Passive Q-Switching Operation of an in-Band Pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG Ceramic Laser

P Tang, X Zhang, C Zhao, Y Wang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An in-band pumped 1.645-μm Er: YAG ceramic laser passively Q-switched by a topological
insulator: Bi 2 Te 3 saturable absorber is reported. The average output power could reach …

2D Materials‐Based Pulsed Solid‐State Laser: Status and Prospect

X He, Q Hao, H Wang, S Yu, Y Zhou… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pulsed solid‐state lasers comprise 2D materials as saturable absorbers that contain
transparent windows of the atmosphere and characteristic fingerprint spectra of several vital …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress of two-dimensional materials for ultrafast photonics

A Zhang, Z Wang, H Ouyang, W Lyu, J Sun, Y Cheng… - Nanomaterials, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Owing to their extraordinary physical and chemical properties, two-dimensional (2D)
materials have aroused extensive attention and have been widely used in photonic and …

Active/passive Q-switching operation of 2 μm Tm,Ho:YAP laser with an acousto-optical Q-switch/MoS2 saturable absorber mirror

L Li, X Yang, L Zhou, W **e, Y Wang, Y Shen… - Photonics …, 2018‏ - opg.optica.org
The active/passive Q-switching operation of a 2 μm a-cut Tm, Ho: YAP laser was
experimentally demonstrated with an acousto-optical Q–switch/Mo S 2 saturable absorber …

Gold nanobipyramids as saturable absorbers for passively Q-switched laser generation in the 1.1 μm region

H Zhang, J Liu - Optics letters, 2016‏ - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated that gold nanobipyramids (Au-NBPs) can be used as saturable absorbers
for ultrafast pulsed-laser application, for the first time. Au-NBPs are prepared through a seed …

Refractory plasmonic metal nitride nanoparticles for broadband near‐infrared optical switches

Y **an, Y Cai, X Sun, X Liu, Q Guo… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ultrafast laser‐induced thermalization‐cooling of carriers in plasmonic nanostructures has
been extensively explored in the development of high‐speed photonic switches with a broad …