Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er: fiber laser

Meng Zhang; Richard C T Howe; Robert I. Woodward; Edmund J R Kelleher; Felice Torrisi; Guohua Hu; Sergei V. Popov; J. Roy Taylor; Tawfique Hasan

doi:10.1007/s12274-014-0637-2

Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er: fiber laser

Meng Zhang, Richard C T Howe, Robert I. Woodward, Edmund J R Kelleher, Felice Torrisi, Guohua Hu, Sergei V. Popov, J. Roy Taylor, Tawfique Hasan^*

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We fabricate a free-standing few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂)-polymer composite by liquid phase exfoliation of chemically pristine MoS2 crystals and use this to demonstrate a wideband tunable, ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser. Stable, picosecond pulses, tunable from 1,535 nm to 1,565 nm, are generated, corresponding to photon energies below the MoS₂ material bandgap. These results contribute to the growing body of work studying the nonlinear optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides that present new opportunities for ultrafast photonic applications. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1522-1534
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nano Research
Volume	8
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0637-2
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

liquid phase exfoliation
molybdenum disulfide
polymer composites
saturable absorbers
two-dimensional materials
ultrafast lasers

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Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er : fiber laser. / Zhang, Meng; Howe, Richard C T; Woodward, Robert I.; Kelleher, Edmund J R; Torrisi, Felice; Hu, Guohua; Popov, Sergei V.; Taylor, J. Roy; Hasan, Tawfique.

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