Two-dimensional tin diselenide nanosheets pretreated with an alkaloid for near- and mid-infrared ultrafast photonics

Zhenhong Wang; Bin Zhang; Bing Hu; Zhongjun Li; Chunyang Ma; Yu Chen; Yufeng Song; Han Zhang; Jun Liu; Guohui Nie

doi:10.1364/PRJ.398203

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