MXene-based high-performance all-optical modulators for actively Q-switched pulse generation

Qing Wu; Yunzheng Wang; Weichun Huang; Cong Wang; Zheng Zheng; Meng Zhang; Han Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.391911

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