Abstract
Abstract Due to the exotic electronic and optical properties, two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, topological insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, metal-organic frameworks, and so on, have attracted enormous interest in the scientific communities dealing with electronics and photonics. Combing the 2D materials with the microfiber, the 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices could be assembled. They offer the advantages of a high nonlinear effect, all fiber structure, high damage threshold, and so on, which play important roles in fields of pulse shaping and all-optical signal processing. In this review, first, we introduce the fabrication methods of 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices. Then the pulse generation and the nonlinear soliton dynamics based on pulse shaping method in fiber lasers and all-optical signal processing based on 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices, such as optical modulator and wavelength converter, are summarized, respectively. Finally, the challenges and opportunities in the future development of 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices are given. It is believed that 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices will develop rapidly and open new opportunities in the related fields.
Highlights
As the birth of two-dimensional (2D) materials, graphene was stripped from graphite by A
The pulse generation and the nonlinear soliton dynamics based on pulse shaping method in fiber lasers and all-optical signal processing based on 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices, such as optical modulator and wavelength converter, are summarized, respectively
We highlight the recent works on pulse generation, soliton dynamics, and all-optical signal processing based on 2D material-decorated microfiber photonic devices in Sections 3, 4, and 5, respectively
Summary
As the birth of two-dimensional (2D) materials, graphene was stripped from graphite by A. Many reviews classified by different kinds of 2D materials [93,94,95,96] or different applications of 2D materials [97,98,99,100,101] have been reported He et al reviewed the emerging 2D materials beyond graphene for ultrashort pulse generation in fiber lasers [99], while Zhang et al focused on the recent progress in 2D material-based SAs for all solid-state pulsed bulk lasers [100].
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