• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 2, 021901 (2022)
Chenglu Liang1, Enze Wang1, Xian Li1, Jing Wang1, Yijun Liu1, Binyi Chen1, Hongxiang Chen1、2、*, Yang Liu1、2、3、4、**, and Xiangfang Peng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 2Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.021901 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chenglu Liang, Enze Wang, Xian Li, Jing Wang, Yijun Liu, Binyi Chen, Hongxiang Chen, Yang Liu, Xiangfang Peng. Optical limiting performances of transitional metal dichalcogenides MX2 (M = V, Nb, Ta; X = S, Se) with ultralow initial threshold and optical limiting threshold[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(2): 021901 Copy Citation Text show less
    XRD patterns of bulk TMDs and TMDs nanosheets. (a) VS2; (b) NbS2; (c) TaS2; (d) VSe2; (e) NbSe2; (f) TaSe2.
    Fig. 1. XRD patterns of bulk TMDs and TMDs nanosheets. (a) VS2; (b) NbS2; (c) TaS2; (d) VSe2; (e) NbSe2; (f) TaSe2.
    AFM images and corresponding height profiles (insets) of TMDs nanosheets obtained by LPE. (a) VS2 nanosheets; (b) NbS2 nanosheets; (c) TaS2 nanosheets; (d) VSe2 nanosheets; (e) NbSe2 nanosheets; (f) TaSe2 nanosheets.
    Fig. 2. AFM images and corresponding height profiles (insets) of TMDs nanosheets obtained by LPE. (a) VS2 nanosheets; (b) NbS2 nanosheets; (c) TaS2 nanosheets; (d) VSe2 nanosheets; (e) NbSe2 nanosheets; (f) TaSe2 nanosheets.
    Open-aperture Z-scan for (a) VS2 nanosheets, (b) NbS2 nanosheets, (c) TaS2 nanosheets, (d) VSe2 nanosheets, (e) NbSe2 nanosheets, and (f) TaSe2 nanosheets, with different incident laser pulse energies; solid line: theoretical fitting data.
    Fig. 3. Open-aperture Z-scan for (a) VS2 nanosheets, (b) NbS2 nanosheets, (c) TaS2 nanosheets, (d) VSe2 nanosheets, (e) NbSe2 nanosheets, and (f) TaSe2 nanosheets, with different incident laser pulse energies; solid line: theoretical fitting data.
    Optical limiting performances of VSe2 nanosheets and C60 tested at the same conditions. (a) Normalized transmittance at different input laser fluences. (b) Relationship between the normalized transmittance and the input laser fluences. (c) The FS and FOL values of C60 and VSe2 nanosheets.
    Fig. 4. Optical limiting performances of VSe2 nanosheets and C60 tested at the same conditions. (a) Normalized transmittance at different input laser fluences. (b) Relationship between the normalized transmittance and the input laser fluences. (c) The FS and FOL values of C60 and VSe2 nanosheets.
    (a) Relationship between the normalized transmittance of TMDs nanosheets and the input laser fluences. (b) Comparison of FS and FOL values for VSe2 nanosheets in this work with other reported optical limiting materials at a laser wavelength of 532 nm.
    Fig. 5. (a) Relationship between the normalized transmittance of TMDs nanosheets and the input laser fluences. (b) Comparison of FS and FOL values for VSe2 nanosheets in this work with other reported optical limiting materials at a laser wavelength of 532 nm.
    Fluence (GW/cm2)Transmittance
    VS2NbS2TaS2VSe2NbSe2TaSe2
    0.320.530.560.550.510.580.64
    0.640.320.360.450.400.410.42
    0.960.280.280.380.350.340.37
    1.280.230.230.250.300.320.34
    Table 1. Normalized Transmittance Values of TMDs Nanosheets under Different Input Laser Fluences
    MaterialsT0 (%)FS (J·cm2)FOL (J·cm2)
    VS2650.100.95
    NbS2650.100.82
    TaS2650.101.16
    VSe2650.050.90
    NbSe2650.081.53
    TaSe2650.092.23
    Table 2. Linear Transmittance (T0), Initial Threshold (FS), and Optical Limiting Threshold (FOL) of TMDs Nanosheets at 532 nm
    Chenglu Liang, Enze Wang, Xian Li, Jing Wang, Yijun Liu, Binyi Chen, Hongxiang Chen, Yang Liu, Xiangfang Peng. Optical limiting performances of transitional metal dichalcogenides MX2 (M = V, Nb, Ta; X = S, Se) with ultralow initial threshold and optical limiting threshold[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(2): 021901
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