Ti3C2Tx MXene Quantum Dots with Surface-Terminated Groups (-F, -OH, =O, -Cl) for Ultrafast Photonics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Ti3C2Tx QDs
2.2. Preparation of SA Device Based on Ti3C2Tx QDs
2.3. Characterization Methods
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of Ti3C2Tx
3.2. Nonlinear Absorption of Ti3C2Tx QDs Tapered Fiber SA Device
3.3. Ultrafast Laser Application
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Fiber Platform | Central Wavelength (nm) | Bandwidth (nm) | Repetition Rate (MHz) | Pulse Duration (ps) | SNR (dBm) | Modulation Depth (%) | Saturation Level | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β-PbO | Fiber ferrule | 1062.12 | 2 | 4.37 | 303 | 56 | 18.54 | 379.38 GW/cm2 | [30] |
PbS | Fiber ferrule | 1563 | 4.78 | 13.9 | 0.559 | 68 | 44.5 | - | [31] |
S | Side-polished fiber | 1530.6 | 3.9 | 8.32 | 0.720 | 60 | - | - | [50] |
CsPbBr3 | Fiber ferrule | 1600 | 4.5 | 8.528 | 14.4 | 50 | 2.5 | 17.29 MW/cm2 | [20] |
BP | Fiber ferrule | 1567.5 | 2.4 | 15.22 | 1.08 | 64.3 | 36 | 3.3 GW/cm2 | [51] |
NbSe2 | D-shaped fiber | 1556 | 2.45 | 7.7 | 0.756 | 50 | 3.72 | 3.155 GW/cm2 | [52] |
GaTe | Side-polished fiber | 1530.90 | 18.1 | 8.79 | 0.115 | 43 | 1.27 | 3.1 GW/cm2 | [37] |
SnTe | Side-polished fiber | 1562.05 | 4.23 | 12.41 | 0.691 | 52 | 2.2 | 1.67 GW/cm2 | [53] |
Ti3C2Tx | Tapered fiber | 1566.57 | 9.17 | 22.78 | 0.466 | 58.5 | 11.6 | 1.983 GW/cm2 | This work |
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Liu, J.; Chen, S.; He, J.; Huang, R.; Tao, L.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, Y. Ti3C2Tx MXene Quantum Dots with Surface-Terminated Groups (-F, -OH, =O, -Cl) for Ultrafast Photonics. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2043. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122043
Liu J, Chen S, He J, Huang R, Tao L, Zhao Y, Yang Y. Ti3C2Tx MXene Quantum Dots with Surface-Terminated Groups (-F, -OH, =O, -Cl) for Ultrafast Photonics. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):2043. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122043
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Jianfeng, Shanshan Chen, Junshan He, Runming Huang, Lili Tao, Yu Zhao, and Yibin Yang. 2022. "Ti3C2Tx MXene Quantum Dots with Surface-Terminated Groups (-F, -OH, =O, -Cl) for Ultrafast Photonics" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 2043. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122043