@article{scholars15079,
            year = {2021},
           title = {Ultrashort pulse generation with MXene Ti3C2Tx embedded in PVA and deposited onto D-shaped fiber},
          volume = {136},
         journal = {Optics and Laser Technology},
             doi = {10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106780},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
            note = {cited By 12},
        keywords = {Carbides; Etching; Fiber lasers; Fibers; Optical properties; Titanium compounds; Ultrafast lasers, Electronic and optical properties; Erbium doped fiber laser; Nonlinear transmittance; Saturable absorption; Solution-casting method; Thin-film structure; Ultra-fast photonics; Ultrashort pulse generation, Thin films},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097352372&doi=10.1016\%2fj.optlastec.2020.106780&partnerID=40&md5=b2a3a1d784bc50132f9e2c2c25aee4da},
          author = {Jafry, A. A. A. and Muhammad, A. R. and Kasim, N. and Rosol, A. H. A. and Rusdi, M. F. M. and Ab Alim, N. N. N. and Harun, S. W. and Yupapin, P.},
            issn = {00303992},
        abstract = {A two-dimensional ternary metal carbide or/and nitride known as MXene, own countless merits in terms of electronic and optical properties. Owning to its fast optical-switching capability, strong saturable absorption, good optical damage tolerant, and gapless materials, it attracts a bunch of research efforts in an ultrafast photonics application. Here, the development of MXene-based SA devices for ultrafast laser in an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) cavity was demonstrated. Two MXene Ti3C2Tx-based SAs were prepared, which were a thin film of MXene (MXene-film) and MXene deposited onto D-shaped fiber (MXene-DS), both revealed good nonlinear transmittance properties. The selective etching was used to provide a high-quality MXene powder, and the solution-casting method produced liquid MXene, which was dried to form a thin-film structure, and the liquid MXene was deposited onto the D-shaped fiber structure. The MXene-film and MXene-DS own a modulation depth of 1.22 and 3, respectively. Later, both SA devices were incorporated into an EDFL cavity, and MXene-film initiated mode-locked (ML) at the low threshold pump of 44 mW, while MXene-DS produce ML at the pump power of 90 mW. The MXene-film generates a 3.64 ps ML with a pulse energy of 6.03 nJ, separately, MXene-DS initiates a 4.6 ps ML with a pulse energy of 7.69 nJ, highest ever reported among MXene-based SA. This demonstration provides a pathway toward high-energy mode-locking applications in the future. {\^A}{\copyright} 2020 Elsevier Ltd}
}