Yb- and Er-doped fiber laser Q-switched with an optically uniform, broadband WS2 saturable absorber

We demonstrate a ytterbium (Yb) and an erbium (Er)-doped fiber laser Q-switched by a solution processed, optically uniform, few-layer tungsten disulfide saturable absorber (WS2-SA). Nonlinear optical absorption of the WS2-SA in the sub-bandgap region, attributed to the edge-induced states, is charac...

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Main Authors: Zhang, M., Hu, Guohua, Hu, Guoqing, Howe, R. C. T., Chen, L., Zheng, Z., Hasan, T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677313/