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Growth mechanisms of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on metal surfaces: theoretical perspectives

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NiPS3 nanosheets for passive pulse generation in an Er-doped fiber laser

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Preparation and pulsed fiber laser applications of emerging nanostructured materials

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Nonlinear optical properties of a Ge2Sb2Te5 film saturable absorber for short-pulse solid-state lasers

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Nonlinear optical properties of anisotropic two‐dimensional layered materials for ultrafast photonics

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Enhancing Q-Switched Fiber Laser Performance Based on Reverse Saturable and Saturable Absorption Properties of CuCrO2 Nanoparticle-Polyimide Films

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 21748
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VSe2 as saturable absorber for 2 μm Tm: YAG laser

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Nonlinear optical properties of ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6 and its application for demonstrating pulsed fiber laser

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ZrSe2 nanosheet as saturable absorber for soliton operations within an Er-doped passive mode-locked fiber laser

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Tunable absorptive nonlinearities of silver-modified few-layer black phosphorous nanocomposites

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Optik, 2022, 259, 168969
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Mode-locking in holmium doped fiber laser operating at 2.06 µm using manganese violet

H. Ahmad, K. Kamaruzzaman, M. Z. Samion, M. U. M. Ithnahaini and M. Z. Zulkifli

Opt Quant Electron, 2024, 56
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Black phosphorus-enabled harmonic mode locking of dark pulses in a Yb-doped fiber laser

Tao Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Xinyao Shi, Jin Wang, Xianguang Ding, Kai Zhang, Junsong Peng, Jian Wu and Pu Zhou

Laser Phys. Lett., 2019, 16, 085102
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Ultrafast optical properties and applications of anisotropic 2D materials

Sang Ho Suk, Sung Bok Seo, Yeon Sik Cho, Jun Wang and Sangwan Sim

Nanophotonics, 2024, 13, 107
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Near-Infrared Optical Modulation for Ultrashort Pulse Generation Employing Indium Monosulfide (InS) Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Tao Wang, Jin Wang, Jian Wu, Pengfei Ma, Rongtao Su, Yanxing Ma and Pu Zhou

Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 865
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Er-doped fiber lasers with all-fiber dispersion management based on Cr2Sn2Te6 saturable absorbers

Shuaimeng Li, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yutian He, Lezheng Wang, Weiyu Fan, Xinlei Gao, Guomei Wang, Wenfei Zhang, Shenggui Fu, Cheng Lu, Huanian Zhang and Wei Qu

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Sb2Te3 topological insulator for 52 nm wideband tunable Yb-doped passively Q-switched fiber laser

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Theoretical Review of the Pulse Generation in Dual-Locked Semiconductor Lasers: Asymptotic and Numerical Computation

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IJOP, 2023, 17, 81
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Solution‐processed two‐dimensional materials for ultrafast fiber lasers (invited)

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Nanophotonics, 2020, 9, 2169
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Bright/dark switchable mode-locked fiber laser based on black phosphorus

Tao Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Jin Wang, Jian Wu, Tianyue Hou, Pengfei Ma, Rongtao Su, Yanxing Ma, Junsong Peng, Li Zhan, Kai Zhang and Pu Zhou

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Photo-dynamics in 2D materials: Processes, tunability and device applications

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Passively Q-switched and mode-locking fiber laser based on Sb2S3 saturable absorber

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High Power and Large-Energy Pulse Generation in an Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser by a Ferromagnetic Insulator-Cr2Si2Te6 Saturable Absorber

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Study on pulse characteristics of high-repetition-rate harmonic mode-locked laser utilizing PbSnS2 saturable absorber

Xiaohui Du, Pengpeng Wang, Shaokai Li, Chenyue Liu, Zefei Ding and Cunguang Zhu

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Generation of dark-bright-bright solitons in Er-doped fiber laser based on ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6

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Infrared Physics & Technology, 2020, 109, 103417
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Wavelength-tunable LP11 mode pulse fiber laser based on black phosphorus

Tao Wang, Jian Wu, Hanshuo Wu, Jin Wang, Liangjin Huang and Pu Zhou

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Black phosphorus for near-infrared ultrafast lasers in the spatial/temporal domain

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J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2021, 33, 503001
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Broadband 1T-polytype tantalum disulfide saturable absorber for solid-state bulk lasers

Mengxia Wang, Hailong Qiu, Tianwen Yang, Zhengping Wang, Chuanrui Zhao, Yuanan Zhao, Ting Yu, Yuyao Jiang, Meiling Chen, Yafei Lian, Ge Zhang, Hongjun Liu, Zhanggui Hu and Jianda Shao

Photon. Res., 2022, 10, 2122
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Fundamental frequency and second harmonic mode-locked operations in an erbium-doped fiber laser based on Cr2Sn2Te6 saturable absorbers

Shuaimeng Li, Ziting Zhao, Feng Chen, Lezheng Wang, Yutian He, Yunqi Tang, Guomei Wang, Wenfei Zhang, Shenggui Fu, Huanian Zhang, Nannan Xu and Cheng Lu

Optical Materials, 2024, 150, 115332
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Mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on stable narrow-gap semiconductor Nb2SiTe4 quantum dots

Hai-Jie Zhang, Shun Gu, Hui Long, Min-Ru Wen, Hua-Feng Dong, Li-Li Tao, Xin Zhang, Fu-Gen Wu and Li Chen

Optics & Laser Technology, 2025, 181, 112034
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98 fs High Energy Stable Hybrid Mode-Locked Nonlinear Polarization Rotation With CuO-Doped ZnO Saturable Absorber

H. Ahmad, M. A. M. Lutfi, M. Z. Samion, M. K. A. Zaini and N. Yusoff

IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 2024, 60, 1
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Conventional and bound-state solitons generation in erbium-doped fiber lasers based on saturable absorbers of ReSe2

Shixian Sun, Ziting Zhao and Shenggui Fu

Optical Fiber Technology, 2025, 94, 104365
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Oxidation-Resistant Black Phosphorus Enable Highly Ambient-Stable Ultrafast Pulse Generation at a 2 μm Tm/Ho-Doped Fiber Laser

Tao Wang, Xiaoxi Jin, Jie Yang, Jian Wu, Qiang Yu, Zhenghui Pan, Xinyao Shi, Yijun Xu, Hanshuo Wu, Jin Wang, Tingchao He, Kai Zhang and Pu Zhou

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 36854
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Nonlinear photoresponse of metallic graphene-like VSe2 ultrathin nanosheets for pulse laser generation

Tao Wang, Xinyao Shi, Jin Wang, Yijun Xu, Jie Chen, Zhuo Dong, Man Jiang, Pengfei Ma, Rongtao Su, Yanxing Ma, Jian Wu, Kai Zhang and Pu Zhou

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学科交叉视角下的光纤激光：回顾与展望（特邀）

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红外与激光工程, 2023, 52, 20230334
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Tunable soliton molecules in mode-locked fiber laser based on GeBi4Te7 saturable absorber

Lin-Guang Guo, Yong Yao, Jia-Nan Duan, Xiao-Chuan Xu, Ke Xu, Jia-Jun Tian, Yan-Fu Yang and Yun-Xu Sun

Optics & Laser Technology, 2023, 157, 108649
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Efficient application of an all-fiber saturable absorber for the generation of heterogeneous and vector dissipative solitons in fiber lasers

Lin-Guang Guo, Yong Yao, Yu Yang, Hao-Xue Qiu, Song-Ting Li, Cheng-Da Ge, Qian-Chao Wu, Xiao-Chuan Xu, Jia-Jun Tian and Jia-Nan Duan

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A high-performance passively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser with a TaSe2 saturable absorber

Xu Feng, Qianqian Hao, Chen Wang, Chunyan Bai and Linjun Li

Laser Phys. Lett., 2024, 21, 065801
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Synthesis of black arsenic-phosphorus and its application for Er-doped fiber ultrashort laser generation

Xinyao Shi, Tao Wang, Jin Wang, Yijun Xu, Zeyuan Yang, Qiang Yu, Jian Wu, Kai Zhang and Pu Zhou

Opt. Mater. Express, 2019, 9, 2348
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Passive Q‐switched operation of Tm:YAP laser with a TaTe2 saturable absorber

Xin He, Tianqi Qi, Qiong Gao, Wenlong Yang and Shuang Yu

Micro & Optical Tech Letters, 2023, 65, 1398
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Deterministic Transfer of Large-Scale β-Phase Arsenic on Fiber End Cap for Near-Infrared Ultrafast Pulse Generation

Qiang Yu, Cheng Chen, Kun Guo, Haiqin Deng, Tianan Yi, Yan Zhang, Wei Su, Jian Wu and Kai Zhang

Front. Mater., 2021, 8
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