Ultra-short pulse generation by a topological insulator based saturable absorber

By Chujun Zhao, Han Zhang, X. Qi, Yu Chen, Zhiteng Wang, Shuangchun Wen, Daiming Tang. 2012

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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2D Saturable Absorbers for Fibre Lasers (2015, methodology): “Beyond TMDs, few-layer TIs, with metallic edge-states, also offer potential wideband operation for photonic systems [70,71].”
High-performance mode-locked and Q-switched fiber lasers based on novel 2D materials of topological insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorus: review and perspective (invited) (2018, background): “The first demonstration of SA behavior of TIs was a Bi2Te3 based mode-locked fiber laser near 1550 nm in 2012 [1,2].”
Topological Insulator: $\hbox{Bi}_{2}\hbox{Te}_{3}$ Saturable Absorber for the Passive Q-Switching Operation of an in-Band Pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG Ceramic Laser (2013, methodology): “In this letter, a hydrothermal intercalation/exfoliation method as a low-cost and convenient approach was adopted to synthesize the Bi2Te3 nanosheets [27], and the TISA component was prepared in [23] and [28] that could be also incorporated into the solid-state laser cavity.”
Large Energy, Wavelength Widely Tunable, Topological Insulator Q-Switched Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser (2014, methodology): “[32] and then dissolved in isopropyl alcohol, leading to an efficient dispersion through 3 h of ultra-sonication.”
Harmonically mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on a Sb2Te3 topological insulator saturable absorber (2014, background): “2 with three materials: bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) [21], bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) [22, 23] and Sb2Te3 [24].”
The formation of various multi-soliton patterns and noise-like pulse in a fiber laser passively mode-locked by a topological insulator based saturable absorber (2014, methodology): “In this paper, Bi2Te3 nano-sheets were synthesized by the hydrothermal intercalation/exfoliation method, and then dispersed in isopropyl alcohol and ultrasonicated for 2 h, as discussed in [23].”
Mode-locking of fiber lasers using novel two-dimensional nanomaterials: graphene and topological insulators [Invited] (2015, background): “High quality TI films can be obtained by molecular beam epitaxy growth [34], vapor-liquid-solid growth [35], mechanical exfoliation of thin sheets from bulk crystals [36], or liquid phase exfoliation (LPE), forming solutions with TI sheets dispersed in solvents, like acetone or isopropyl alcohol [27”