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Solvent-stabilized few-layer violet phosphorus and its ultrafast nonlinear optics

Li Zhou1, Jianlong Kang1, Yulan Dong2, Yiduo Wang1, Yejun Li1, Han Huang1, Si Xiao1, Yingwei Wang1( ), Jun He1( )
Hunan Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Statistical Learning and Intelligent Computation, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha 410205, China
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We report few-layer and hundreds of nanometers size violet phosphorus with robust stability in different solvents and ambient conditions. As prepared violet phosphorus demonstrated sub-picosecond timescale ultrafast carrier dynamic and ultrafast nonlinear saturable absorption.

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Featured with high thermal decomposition temperature and layered structure, violet phosphorus (VP) offers an unparalleled stable allotrope of phosphorus to demonstrate the optoelectronic device and photonics elements with high performance at the nanoscale. Here, we report few-layer and hundreds of nanometer-sized VP with robust stability in different solvents and ambient conditions by ultrasound-assisted liquid phase exfoliation approach. For the first time, the ultrafast carrier dynamics and third-order nonlinear optical response of VP were investigated. Sub-picosecond timescale ultrafast carrier dynamic and ultrafast nonlinear saturable absorption of VP were demonstrated. Our findings demonstrated that VP possessed a promising potential for use in ultrafast nonlinear photonic applications such as saturable absorbers and optical switches.

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stabilitysaturable absorptionviolet phosphorusultrafast nonlinear optics

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 4,
April 2023
Pages 5843-5849
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-5224-3
Cite this article:
Zhou L, Kang J, Dong Y, et al. Solvent-stabilized few-layer violet phosphorus and its ultrafast nonlinear optics. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 5843-5849. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5224-3
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Received: 24 July 2022
Revised: 18 October 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2022
Published: 13 December 2022
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