Few-layer MoS2 grown by chemical vapor deposition as a passive Q-switcher for tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers

Handing Xia; Heping Li; Changyong Lan; Chun Li; Jinbo Du; Shangjian Zhang; Yong Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.3.000A92

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