Solution processing of graphene, topological insulators and other 2d crystals for ultrafast photonics

By Francesco Bonaccorso, Zhipei Sun. 2014

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Graphene and other two-dimensional (2d) crystals are promising materials for photonic and optoelectronic applications. A key requirement for these applications is the development of industrial-scale, reliable, inexpensive production processes, while providing a balance between ease of fabrication and final material quality with on-demand properties. Solution-processing offers a simple and cost-effective pathway to fabricate various 2d crystal based photonic devices, presenting huge integration flexibility compared to conventional methods. Here we present an overview of graphene and other 2d crystals based ultrafast photonics, from solution processing of the raw bulk materials, the fabrication of saturable absorbers, to their applications in ultrafast lasers.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Topological-Insulator Passively Q-Switched Double-Clad Fiber Laser at 2 $\mu$m Wavelength (2014, background): “SA materials [20]–[26] seems to be evolving from semiconductor towards nanomaterials.”
Few-layer MoS 2 saturable absorbers for short-pulse laser technology: current status and future perspectives [Invited] (2015, methodology): “Solution processing is a widely used technique that produces a high yield of mono- and few-layer flakes dispersed in liquid, carried out under ambient conditions with a high throughput [31].”
Solution processed MoS2-PVA composite for sub-bandgap mode-locking of a wideband tunable ultrafast Er:fiber laser (2015, methodology): “Indeed, owing to the ease of processing and integration as well as breadth of applicability [5, 17], solution processed CNTs, graphene and MoS2 have been used for the fabrication of photonic devices, either by coating or transfer of films onto substrates such as quartz [40, 41], mirrors [42], and op”