Broadband atomic-layer MoS2optical modulators for ultrafast pulse generations in the visible range.
Visible lasers are a fascinating regime, and their significance is illustrated by the 2014 Noble prizes in physics and chemistry. With the development of blue laser diodes (LDs), the LD-pumped solid-state visible lasers become a burgeoning direction today. Constrained by the scarce visible optical modulators, the solid-state ultrafast visible lasers are rarely realized. Based on the bandgap structure and optoelectronic properties of atomic-layer MoS2, it can be proposed that MoS2has the potential as a visible optical modulator. Here, by originally revealing layer-dependent nonlinear absorption of the atomic-layer MoS2in the visible range, broadband atomic-layer MoS2optical modulators for the visible ultrafast pulse generation are developed and selected based on the proposed design criteria for novel two-dimensional (2D) optical modulators. By applying the selected MoS2optical modulators in the solid-state praseodymium lasers, broadband mode-locked ultrafast lasers from 522 to 639 nm are originally realized. We believe that this Letter should promote the development of visible ultrafast photonics and further applications of 2D optoelectronic materials.
Yuxia
Y
Zhang
Haohai
H
Yu
Rui
R
Zhang
Gang
G
Zhao
Huaijin
H
Zhang
Yanxue
Y
Chen
Liangmo
L
Mei
Mauro
M
Tonelli
Jiyang
J
Wang