Photonics Research Feature Announcement

Two Dimensional Layered Materials for Ultrafast Lasers (Invitation only)

Submission Open: 1 May 2018

Submission Deadline: 1 June 2018

The emergence of graphene saturable absorbers towards the generation of ultra-short pulses in mode-locked lasers have significantly attracted world-wide attention in the related fields. Graphene-based saturable absorbers have been verified to possess unique properties, such as broad operation bandwidth, ultrafast response time, relatively high modulation depth, and low saturation intensity. Inspired by the great success of graphene, graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have also been demonstrated for ultrafast pulse generation with distinctive advantages of tunable bandgap, low optical losses, and high optical nonlinearities. This feature issue is aimed at scientists, engineers, and practitioners interested in understanding the novel nonlinear optical properties of 2D materials and exploring their potential applications in mode locked lasers.

Topics of the special issue include but are not limited to:

  • Transition metal dichalcogenides
  • Topological insulators
  • Phosphorene
  • Antimonene
  • Bisthmene
  • MXene

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for submission to Photonics Research. Manuscripts must be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system. Please specify that the manuscript is for the Two Dimensional Layered Materials for Ultrafast Lasers feature issue (choose from the feature issue drop-down menu). Manuscripts will undergo the same peer review as other papers submitted to the journal.

Guest Editors

Han Zhang, Shenzhen University, China (Lead Editor)

Qiaoliang Bao, Monash University, Australia

Zhipei Sun, Aalto University, Finland