Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Biography

Biography: Yuen Hong Tsang,

Abstract

To understand and modify the nonlinear optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides, TMDs, two-dimensional layered materials are very important research topics nowadays as they can serve as building block for developing next generation high performance micro optics and photonic devices. These materials are very compact with atomic thick layer and have natural bandgap so they can provides strong interaction with light and other favorable features e.g. broadband absorption, transparent and high carrier mobility etc. WS₂, which is a typical TMDs material, has layer number depending bandgap energy. The WS₂ bandgap energy and optical properties can be modified by varying their size, layer number and structures. The WS₂ nano materials and film in various size, layer number or film thickness are fabricated by two methods – ultrasound and sputtering. The nonlinear optical properties of different samples are then studied by using z-scan technique. We have successfully demonstrated some viable methods to tune the nonlinear absorption properties of WS₂. We also use the fabricated WS₂ film within the diode pumped solid state Nd:YVO₄ crystal laser to generate pulsed laser output. A stable pulsed laser operation is achieved by using the fabricated WS₂ saturable absorber. The average output power obtained is 19.6 mW (135 kHz). These research findings indicate strong nonlinear optical proporties of WS₂ and high potential for nonlinear optical devices.