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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 7, 674 (2018)

Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber

Gaozhong Wang^1、2、†, Guangxing Liang^1、†, Aidan A. Baker-Murray², Kangpeng Wang^2、4, Jing Jing Wang², Xiaoyan Zhang³, Daniel Bennett², Jing-Ting Luo^1、5, Jun Wang³, Ping Fan^1、*, and Werner J. Blau²

Author Affiliations

¹Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²School of Physics and the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

³Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴e-mail: wangkangpeng@msn.com

⁵e-mail: luojt@szu.edu.cn

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Gaozhong Wang, Guangxing Liang, Aidan A. Baker-Murray, Kangpeng Wang, Jing Jing Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel Bennett, Jing-Ting Luo, Jun Wang, Ping Fan, Werner J. Blau. Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 674 Copy Citation Text

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Gaozhong Wang, Guangxing Liang, Aidan A. Baker-Murray, Kangpeng Wang, Jing Jing Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel Bennett, Jing-Ting Luo, Jun Wang, Ping Fan, Werner J. Blau. Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 674

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