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Saturable Absorbers: PbS Nanoparticles for Ultrashort Pulse Generation in Optical Communication Region (Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 11/2018)
Author(s) -
Zhang Ying,
Li Xiaohui,
Qyyum Abdul,
Feng Tianci,
Guo Penglai,
Jiang Jie,
Zheng Hairong
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201870028
Subject(s) - ultrashort pulse , saturable absorption , materials science , fiber laser , pulse duration , pulse (music) , laser , optoelectronics , nanoparticle , dispersion (optics) , optics , optical fiber , nanotechnology , physics , wavelength , detector
Lead sulfide (PbS) has attracted great attention due to its unique electronic, optical, and chemical properties. In article number 1800341 , Xiaohui Li, Hairong Zheng and co‐workers utilize PbS nanoparticles (NPs) dispersion without any polymer as a saturable absorber (SA) to generate an ultrafast pulse in a fiber ring laser. A compact mode‐locked fiber laser with 1.01 ps pulse duration at 1533 nm has been successfully achieved.