Nanosecond-pulsed, dual-wavelength, passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped bulk laser based on few-layer MoS2 saturable absorber

Fei Lou; Ruwei Zhao; Jingliang He; Zhitai Jia; Xiancui Su; Zhaowei Wang; Jia Hou; Baitao Zhang

doi:10.1364/prj.3.000a25

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