In recent years, 2D layered materials, including graphene, topological insulators, transition
metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, and metal …

Ultrafast femtosecond mode-locked fiber laser plays an indispensable role in medical
imaging, space ranging, ophthalmology, terahertz spectroscopy, material micromachining …

Since the first experimental discovery of graphene 16 years ago, many other 2D layered
nanomaterials have been reported. However, the majority of 2D nanostructures suffer from …

In recent years, emerging two-dimensional (2D) platinum diselenide (PtSe 2) has quickly
attracted the attention of the research community due to its novel physical and chemical …

An emerging subclass of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), noble-transition-metal
dichalcogenides (NMDs), has led to an increase in nanoscientific research in two …

Stable Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) are first
demonstrated by using the novel layered palladium disulfide (PdS_2), a new member of …

The incorporation of the material-based saturable absorber (SA) to generate mode-locked
fiber laser (MLFL) has been extensively explored and demonstrated. However, the material …

We report the feasibility of a MAX-phase material for implementation as a saturable
absorber. Our saturable absorber was fabricated as a composite of Ti_2AlC particles and …

In-plane anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) materials have gained considerable interest in
the field of research, due to having the potential of being used in different device …

A range of new 2D materials have recently been reported, including topological insulators,
transition-metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, and metal-organic …