Two-dimensional (2D) materials are crystals with one to a few layers of atoms and are being
used in many fields such as optical modulator, photodetector, optical switch, and ultrafast …

Visible lasers are sought for in a variety of applications. They are required in fields as
diverse as medicine, materials processing, display and entertainment technology and many …

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) attract research interest owing to their unique
physical and chemical properties. Among the family of TMDs, tungsten disulfide (WS 2) has …

Pulsed solid‐state lasers comprise 2D materials as saturable absorbers that contain
transparent windows of the atmosphere and characteristic fingerprint spectra of several vital …

We prepared WS_2 nanosheets by using the thermal decomposition method and
demonstrated for the first time its nonlinear saturable absorption property at around 2 μm …

Terahertz (THz) polarization converters often working as modulators and switches have
many applications in THz sensing, imaging and communication, but many of them still suffer …

The novel two-dimensional MXenes have been investigated in the photonics field in areas
such as broadband nonlinearity, pulse laser generation and passive photonic diode, and so …

We report on the fabrication of circular cladding waveguides with cross-section diameters of
60− 120 μm in Pr: YAG crystal by applying femtosecond laser inscription. The fabricated …

We report on a 2ω-OPSL-pumped passively Q-switched Pr^ 3+: LiYF_4 laser operating at
the wavelengths of 523, 607, and 640 nm. For this, we utilized a Co^ 2+-doped MgAl_2O_4 …

Abstract 2D transition metal dichalcogenides possess fascinating properties due to their
direct bandgap, strong spin-orbit coupling, and promising electronic/mechanical properties …