Publications 2012 and before
48. R. Mary, S. J. Beecher, G. Brown, F. Torrisi, S. Milana, D.Popa, T. Hasan, Z. Sun, E. Lidorikis, S. Ohara, A. C. Ferrari, and A. K. Kar, 1.5 GHz pulse generation from a monolithic waveguide laser with a graphene-film saturable output coupler, Optics Express, 21, 7943 (2012) (pdf).
47. A. A. Lagatsky, Z. Sun, T. S. Kulmala, R. S. Sundaram, S. Milana, F. Torrisi, O. L. Antipov, Y. Lee, J. H. Ahn, C. T. A. Brown, W. Sibbett, and A.C. Ferrari, 2 μm solid-state laser mode-locked by single-layer graphene, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 013113 (2012) (pdf).
46. C. E. S. Castellani, E. J. R. Kelleher, D. Popa, T. Hasan, Z. Sun, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, CW-Pumped short pulsed 1.12 μm Raman laser using carbon nanotubes, Laser Physics Letters, 10, 015101 (2012) (pdf).
45. F. Bonaccorso, A. Lombardo, T. Hasan, Z. Sun, L. Colombo, and A. C. Ferrari, Production, processing and placement of graphene and two dimensional crystals, Materials Today, 15, 564-589 (2012) (pdf).
44. D. Popa, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, W. B. Cho, F. Wang, F. Torrisi, and A. C. Ferrari, 74-fs nanotube-mode-locked fiber laser, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 153107 (2012) (pdf).
43. M. Zhang, E. J. R. Kelleher, F. Torrisi, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, D. Popa, F. Wang, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, Tm-doped fiber laser mode-locked by graphene-polymer composite, Optics Express, 20, 25077-25084 (2012) (pdf).
42. M. E. V. Pedersen, E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, Stable gain-guided soliton propagation in a polarized Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser, IEEE Photonics Journal, 4, 1058-1064 (2012) (pdf).
41. Z. Sun, T. Hasan, and A. C. Ferrari, Ultrafast Lasers Mode-locked by Nanotubes and Graphene, Physica E, 44, 1082-1091 (2012) (pdf).
40. F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, W. Wu, Z. Sun, A. Lombardo, T. Kulmala, G. W. Hshieh, S. J. Jung, F. Bonaccorso, P. J. Paul, D. P. Chu, and A. C. Ferrari, Inkjet-Printed Graphene Electronics, ACS Nano, 6 , 2992–3006 (2012) (pdf).
39. R. Going, D.Popa, F. Torrisi, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Wang, and A. C. Ferrari, 500fs wideband tunable fiber laser mode-locked by nanotubes, Physica E, 44, 1078-1081 (2012) (pdf).
38. Z. Sun and A. C. Ferrari, Nonlinear optics: Fibre sources in the deep ultraviolet, Nature Photonics, 5, 446-447 (2011) (pdf).
37. C. E. S. Castellani, E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, D. Popa, T. Hasan, Z. Sun, E. Flahaut, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, Ultrafast Raman Laser Mode-locked by Nanotubes, Optics Letters, 36, 3996-3998 (2011) (pdf).
36. D. Popa, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, F. Wang, and A. C. Ferrari, Graphene Q-switched, tunable fiber laser, Applied Physics Letters, 98, 073106 (2010) (pdf).
35. F. Bonaccorso, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, and A. C. Ferrari, Graphene Photonics and Optoelectronics (Invited review), Nature Photonics, 4, 611-622 (2010) (pdf).
34. Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, D. Popa, G. Privitera, F. Wang, F. Bonaccorso, D. M. Basko, and A. C. Ferrari, Graphene Mode-Locked Ultrafast Laser,ACS Nano, 4, 803-810 (2010) (pdf).
33. Z. Sun, D. Popa, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, F. Wang, E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, V. Nicolosi, and A. C. Ferrari, A Stable, Wideband Tunable, Near Transform-limited,Graphene-mode-locked, Ultrafast Laser, Nano Research, 3, 653-660 (2010) (pdf).
32. Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Wang, A. G. Rozhin, I. H. White, and A. C. Ferrari, Ultrafast Stretched-Pulse Fiber Laser Mode-Locked by Carbon Nanotubes, Nano Research, 3, 404-411 (2010) (pdf).
31. D. Popa, Z. Sun, F. Torrisi, T. Hasan, F. Wang, and A. C. Ferrari, Sub 200fs pulse generation from a graphene mode-locked fiber laser, Applied Physics Letters, 97, 203106 (2010) (pdf).
30. T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, Z. Sun, D. Popa, V. Nicolosi, G. Privitera, F. Bonaccorso, and A. C. Ferrari, Solution-phase exfoliation of graphite and its ultrafast photonic application, Physica Status Solidi (b), 247, 2953-2957 (2010) (pdf).
29. E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, Z. Sun, A. C. Ferrari, K. M. Golant, S. V. Popov and J. R. Taylor, Bismuth fiber integrated laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes, Laser Physics Letters, 7, 790 (2010) (pdf).
28. S. J. Beecher, R. R. Thomson, N. D. Psaila, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, A. G. Rozhin, A. C. Ferrari and A. K. Kar, 320 fs pulse generation from an ultrafast laser inscribed waveguide laser mode-locked by a nanotube saturable absorber, Applied Physics Letters, 97, 111114 (2010) (pdf).
27. Z. Sun, A. G. Rozhin, F. Wang, T. Hasan, D. Popa, W. O'Neill, and A. C. Ferrari, A compact, high power, ultrafast laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 253102 (2010) (pdf).
26. T. Hasan, Z. Sun, A. G. Rozhin, F. Wang, and A. C. Ferrari, Nanotube-polymer composites for ultrafast photonics (Invited review), Advanced Materials, 21, 3874-3899 (2009) (pdf).
25. E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, E. P. Ippen, Z. Sun, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov and J. R. Taylor, Generation and direct measurement of giant chirp in a passively mode-locked laser, Optics Letters, 34, 3526-3528, (2009) (pdf).
24. E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers,Z. Sun, A. G. Rozhin, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov and J. R. Taylor, Nanosecond-pulse fiber lasers mode-locked with nanotubes, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 111108 (2009) (pdf).
23. Z. Sun, A. G. Rozhin, F. Wang, V. Scardaci, W. I. Milne, I. H. White, F. Hennrich, and A. C. Ferrari, L-band ultrafast fiber laser mode locked by carbon nanotubes, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 061114 (2008) (pdf).
22. F. Wang, A. G. Rozhin, V. Scardaci, Z. Sun, F. Hennrich, I. H. White, W. I. Milne, and A. C. Ferrari, Wideband-tuneable, nanotube mode-locked, fibre laser, Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 738-742 (2008) (pdf).
21. V. Scardaci, Z. Sun, F. Wang, A. G. Rozhin, T. Hasan, F. Hennrich, I. H. White, W. I. Milne, and A. C. Ferrari, Carbon Nanotube Polycarbonate Composites for Ultrafast Lasers, Advanced Materials, 20, 4040-4043 (2008) (pdf).
20. F. Wang, A. G. Rozhin, Z. Sun, V. Scardaci, I. H. White, and A. C. Ferrari, Soliton fiber laser mode-locked by a single-wall carbon nanotube-polymer composite, Physica Status Solidi (b) , 245, 2319-2322 (2008) (pdf).
19. F. Wang, A. G. Rozhin, Z. Sun, V. Scardaci, R. Penty, I. White, and A. C. Ferrari, Fabrication, characterization and mode locking application of single-walled carbon nanotube/polymer composite saturable absorbers, International Journal of Material Forming, 1, 107-112 (2008) (pdf).
18. Z. Sun, M. Ghotbi, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, Widely tunable picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in BiB3O6, Optics Express, 15, 4139-4148 (2007) (pdf).
17. G. K. Samanta, G. R. Fayaz, Z. Sun, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, High-power, continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on MgO:sPPLT, Optics Letters, 32, 400-402 (2007) (pdf).
16. M. Ghotbi, Z. Sun, A. Majchrowski, E. Michalski, I. V. Kityk, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, Efficient third harmonic generation of microjoule picosecond pulses at 355 nm in BiB3O6, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 173124 (2006) (pdf).
15. X. D. Yang, Y. Bo, Q. J. Peng, H. L. Zhang, A. C. Geng, Q. J. Cui, Z. Sun, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, High-beam-quality, 5.1 J, 108 Hz diode-pumped Nd : YAG rod oscillator-amplifier laser system, Optics Communications, 266, 39-43 (2006) (pdf).
14. G. L. Wang, A. C. Geng, Y. Bo, H. Q. Li, Z. Sun, Y. Bi, D. F. Cui, Z. Y. Xu, X. Yuan, X. Q. Wang, G. Q. Shen, and D. Z. Shen, 28.4 W 266 nm ultraviolet-beam generation by fourth-harmonic generation of an all-solid-state laser, Optics Communications, 259, 820-822 (2006) (pdf).
13. A. C. Geng, Y. Bo, Y. Bi, Z. Sun, X. D. Yang, Q. J. Peng, H. Q. Li, R. N. Li, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, One hundred and twenty one W green laser generation from a diode-side-pumped Nd: YAG laser by use of a dual-V-shaped configuration, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 44, 589-596 (2005) (pdf).
12. Y. Bo, A. C. Geng, Y. Bi, Z. Sun, X. D. Yang, Q. J. Peng, H. Q. Li, R. N. Li, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, High-power and high-quality, green-beam generation by employing a thermally near-unstable resonator design, Applied Optics, 45, 2499-2503 (2006) (pdf).
11. Y. Bo, A. C. Geng, Y. Bi, Z. Sun, X. D. Yang, R. N. Li, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, High average power Q-switched quasi-continue-wave Nd : YAG laser, Acta Physica Sinica, 55, 1171-1175 (2004) (pdf).
10. Z. Sun, R. N. Li, Y. Bi, C. H. Hu, Y. P. Kong, G. L. Wang, H. B. Zhang, and Z. Y. Xu, Experimental study of high-power pulse side-pumped Nd : YAG laser, Optics & Laser Technology, 37, 163-166 (2004) (pdf).
9. Z. Sun, R. N. Li, Y. Bi, Y. Bo, X. D. Yang, Y. H. Chen, L. Guo, W. Hou, H. B. Zhang, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, Investigation on performance of high repetition diode-pumped heat-capacity Nd : YAG laser, Chinese Physics Letters, 22, 339 (2004) (pdf).
8. Q. J. Peng, Z. Sun, Y. H. Chen, L. Guo, Y. Bo, X. D. Yang, and Z. Y. Xu, Efficient improvement of laser beam quality by coherent combining in an improved Michelson cavity, Optics Letters, 30, 1485-1487 (2004) (pdf).
7. Q. Peng, Y. Zhou, Y. Chen, Z. Sun, Y. Bo, X. Yang, Z. Xu, Y. Wang, K. Li, and W. Zhao, Phase locking of fibre lasers by self-imaging resonator, Electronics Letters, 41, 171-173 (2004) (pdf).
6. L. Guo, W. Hou, H. B. Zhang, Z. Sun, D. F. Cui, Z. Y. Xu, Y. G. Wang, and X. Y. Ma, Diode-end-pumped passively mode-locked ceramic Nd : YAG Laser with a semiconductor saturable mirror, Optics Express, 13, 4085-4089 (2005) (pdf).
5. A. C. Geng, Y. Bo, X. D. Yang, H. Q. Li, Z. Sun, Q. J. Peng, X. J. Wang, G. L. Wang, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, Intracavity sum-frequency generation of 3.23 W continuous-wave yellow light in an Nd:YAG laser, Optics Communications, 255, 248-252 (2005) (pdf).
4. Z. Sun, R. N. Li, B. Yong, X. D. Yang, Z. Ying, G. L. Wang, W. L. Zhao, H. B. Zhang, H. Wei, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, Generation of 11.5 W coherent red-light by intra-cavity frequency-doubling of a side-pumped Nd : YAG laser in a 4-cm LBO, Optics Communications, 241, 167-172 (2004) (pdf).
3. Z. Sun, R. N. Li, Y. Bi, X. D. Yang, Y. Bo, W. Hou, X. C. Lin, H. B. Zhang, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, Generation of 4.3-W coherent blue light by frequency-tripling of a side-pumped Nd : YAG laser in LBO crystals, Optics Express, 12, 6428-6433 (2004) (pdf).
2. H. Q. Li, H. B. Zhang, Z. Bao, J. Zhang, Z. Sun, Y. P. Kong, Y. Bi, X. C. Lin, A. Y. Yao, G. L. Wang, W. Hou, R. N. Li, D. F. Cui, and Z. Y. Xu, High-power nanosecond optical parametric oscillator based on a long LiB3O5 crystal, Optics Communications, 232, 411-415 (2003) (pdf).
1. Y. Bi, R. Li, Z. Sun, Y. Zhang, X. Lin, H. Zhang, and Z. Xu, Configuration to improve second-harmonic-generation conversion efficiency, Applied Optics, 43, 1174-1179 (2004) (pdf).