简介:Depositionoftwo-dimensional(2D)MoS2materialsonthetaperedfiberallowsvariousphotonicapplicationsincludingsaturableabsorbersandfour-wavemixing.Ethanolcatalyticdeposition(ECD)ofMoS2ontheopticaltaperedfiberwasproposedanddemonstratedinthiswork.Differentfromtheconventionalopticaldrivendepositionusingwaterororganicsolvent,theECDmethodutilizedthehighvolatilityoftheethanolsolvent,whichsignificantlyincreasedthemovementspeedoftheMoS2nanosheetsandthusboostedthedepositionrateandreducedtheminimumpowerthresholdtodrivethedeposition.WebelievetheECDmethodshouldbeabletobeappliedtoothersimilar2Dmaterialssuchasothertypesoftransitionmetalchalcogenides.