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Volume 9 Issue 8 - Special Issue: 2D materials for nanophotonics: from fundamentals to applications, II. Applications; Guest Editors: Xiantao Jiang, Meng Zhang, Xi Ling, Pablo Alonso González, Han Zhang

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Due to the unique properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, much attention has been paid to the exploration and application of 2D materials. In this review, we focus on the application of 2D materials in mode-locked fiber lasers. We summarize the synthesis methods for 2D materials, fiber integration with 2D materials and 2D materials based saturable absorbers. We discuss the performance of the diverse mode-locked fiber lasers in the typical operating wavelength such as 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 μm. Finally, a summary and outlook of the further applications of the new materials in mode-locked fiber lasers are presented.

Two-dimensional (2D) mono-elemental materials (Xenes) show remarkable potential in the fields of fundamental science and technology, have been regarded as a wide range of building blocks for electronic technologies due to their unique chemical, physical, electrical, and optical properties. Here, 2D tellurene/black phosphorus (Te/BP) heterojunctions are successfully fabricated through liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) method. Their nonlinear optical absorption properties at 1.0, 2.0, and 2.8 μm have been studied by an open-aperture Z -scan method. The results revealed the excellent broadband saturable absorption responses of the prepared BP/Te heterojunctions, which are further confirmed by using them as saturable absorbers (SAs) for passively Q-switched all-solid-state lasers operating at 1.0, 2.0, and 2.8 μm, respectively. In particular, 1.04 μm continuous-wave (CW) mode-locked lasers with a pulse width of 404 fs is realized for the first time, to our best knowledge. Our work indicates that 2D Xenes especially 2D Xenes based heterojunctions have great potential in the fields of pulsed laser generation/modulation and other optoelectronic and photonic devices.

About this journal

Nanophotonics covers recent international research results, specific developments in the field and novel applications and is published in partnership with Sciencewise. It belongs to the top journals in the field. Nanophotonics focuses on the interaction of photons with nano-structures, such as carbon nano-tubes, nano metal particles, nano crystals, semiconductor nano dots, photonic crystals, tissue and DNA. The journal covers the latest developments for physicists, engineers and material scientists, working in fields related to:

Plasmonics: metallic nanostructures and their optical properties
Meta materials, fundamentals and applications
Nanophotonic concepts and devices for solar energy harvesting and conversion
Near-field optical microscopy
Nanowaveguides and devices
Nano Lasers
Nanostructures, nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibers
Photonic crystals
Integrated silicon photonics
Semiconductor quantum dots
Quantum optics & Quantum information
Ultrafast and nonlinear pulse propagation in nano materials and structures
Light-matter interaction, optical manipulation techniques
Nano-biophotonics
Optofluidics
Optomechanics
System applications based on nanophotonic devices
Nanofabrication techniques, thin film processing, self-assembly

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Volume 9 Issue 8 - Special Issue: 2D materials for nanophotonics: from fundamentals to applications, II. Applications; Guest Editors: Xiantao Jiang, Meng Zhang, Xi Ling, Pablo Alonso González, Han Zhang

Issue of Nanophotonics

All-optical modulation with 2D layered materials: status and prospects

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Two-dimensional metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes): preparation, property, and applications in cancer therapy

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Novel two-dimensional monoelemental and ternary materials: growth, physics and application

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Solution-processed two-dimensional materials for ultrafast fiber lasers (invited)

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Recent advances on hybrid integration of 2D materials on integrated optics platforms

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Recent progress of pulsed fiber lasers based on transition-metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorus saturable absorbers

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Two-dimensional MXene-based materials for photothermal therapy

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Advances in inorganic and hybrid perovskites for miniaturized lasers

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Visible-wavelength pulsed lasers with low-dimensional saturable absorbers

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Hybrid silicon photonic devices with two-dimensional materials

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Recent advances in mode-locked fiber lasers based on two-dimensional materials

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Ternary chalcogenide Ta2NiS5 nanosheets for broadband pulse generation in ultrafast fiber lasers

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All-optical dynamic tuning of local excitonic emission of monolayer MoS2 by integration with Ge2Sb2Te5

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Dual-wavelength dissipative solitons in an anomalous-dispersion-cavity fiber laser

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Physical vapor deposition of large-scale PbSe films and its applications in pulsed fiber lasers

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Double-layer graphene on photonic crystal waveguide electro-absorption modulator with 12 GHz bandwidth

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Resonance-enhanced all-optical modulation of WSe2-based micro-resonator

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Black phosphorus-Au nanocomposite-based fluorescence immunochromatographic sensor for high-sensitive detection of zearalenone in cereals

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Lanthanide Nd ion-doped two-dimensional In2Se3 nanosheets with near-infrared luminescence property

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Broadband spatial self-phase modulation and ultrafast response of MXene Ti3C2Tx (T=O, OH or F)

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PEGylated-folic acid–modified black phosphorus quantum dots as near-infrared agents for dual-modality imaging-guided selective cancer cell destruction

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Dynamic polarization attractors of dissipative solitons from carbon nanotube mode-locked Er-doped laser

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Environmentally stable black phosphorus saturable absorber for ultrafast laser

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MXene saturable absorber enabled hybrid mode-locking technology: a new routine of advancing femtosecond fiber lasers performance

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Solar-blind deep-ultraviolet photodetectors based on solution-synthesized quasi-2D Te nanosheets

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Enhanced photoresponse of highly air-stable palladium diselenide by thickness engineering

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MoS2-based Charge-trapping synaptic device with electrical and optical modulated conductance

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Multifunctional black phosphorus/MoS2 van der Waals heterojunction

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MXene Ti3C2Tx saturable absorber for passively Q-switched mid-infrared laser operation of femtosecond-laser–inscribed Er:Y2O3 ceramic channel waveguide

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MXene: two dimensional inorganic compounds, for generation of bound state soliton pulses in nonlinear optical system

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Layered iron pyrite for ultrafast photonics application

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2D molybdenum carbide (Mo2C)/fluorine mica (FM) saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped all-fiber laser

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Ultrasensitive graphene position-sensitive detector induced by synergistic effects of charge injection and interfacial gating

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Two-dimensional Au & Ag hybrid plasmonic nanoparticle network: broadband nonlinear optical response and applications for pulsed laser generation

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The SnSSe SA with high modulation depth for passively Q-switched fiber laser

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Palladium selenide as a broadband saturable absorber for ultra-fast photonics

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VS2 as saturable absorber for Q-switched pulse generation

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Highly stable MXene (V2CTx)-based harmonic pulse generation

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Simultaneously enhanced linear and nonlinear photon generations from WS2 by using dielectric circular Bragg resonators

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Ternary chalcogenide Ta₂NiS₅ nanosheets for broadband pulse generation in ultrafast fiber lasers

All-optical dynamic tuning of local excitonic emission of monolayer MoS₂ by integration with Ge₂Sb₂Te₅

Resonance-enhanced all-optical modulation of WSe₂-based micro-resonator

Lanthanide Nd ion-doped two-dimensional In₂Se₃ nanosheets with near-infrared luminescence property

Broadband spatial self-phase modulation and ultrafast response of MXene Ti₃C₂T_x (T=O, OH or F)

MoS₂-based Charge-trapping synaptic device with electrical and optical modulated conductance

Multifunctional black phosphorus/MoS₂ van der Waals heterojunction

MXene Ti₃C₂T_x saturable absorber for passively Q-switched mid-infrared laser operation of femtosecond-laser–inscribed Er:Y₂O₃ ceramic channel waveguide

2D molybdenum carbide (Mo₂C)/fluorine mica (FM) saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped all-fiber laser

VS₂ as saturable absorber for Q-switched pulse generation

Highly stable MXene (V₂CT_x)-based harmonic pulse generation

Simultaneously enhanced linear and nonlinear photon generations from WS₂ by using dielectric circular Bragg resonators