Superior third-order nonlinearity in inorganic fullerene-like WS2 nanoparticles

Tianlun Li; Rui Hao; Lingling Zhang; Jianyong Mao; Feng Li; Yanpeng Zhang; Jixiang Fang; Lei Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.399490

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