Q-switching of waveguide lasers based on graphene/WS2 van der Waals heterostructure

Ziqi Li; Chen Cheng; Ningning Dong; Carolina Romero; Qingming Lu; Jun Wang; Javier Rodríguez Vázquez de Aldana; Yang Tan; Feng Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000406

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