Title :
Two-dimensional nanomaterial tungsten disulfide (WS2) as saturable absorber for mode-locked laser near 1550 nm
Author :
Kan Wu ; Xiaoyan Zhang ; Jun Wang ; Xing Li ; Jianping Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Saturable absorption has been discovered in two-dimensional nanomaterial tungsten disulfide (WS2) near 1550nm. The mode-locked laser based on WS2 saturable absorber have been demonstrated, which indicates the potential of WS2 for ultrafast photonic applications.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical saturable absorption; tungsten compounds; WS2; mode-locked laser; saturable absorber; two-dimensional nanomaterial tungsten disulfide; ultrafast photonic applications; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA