As a member of the 2D group IV monochalcogenides (MX; M = Sn, Ge; X = S, Se), SnS has attracted great interest due to its outstanding optical, electrical, and optoelectronic properties. Especially, SnS nanosheets material have a large absorption coefficient and high photoelectric conversion efficiency, it can be potentially used in optical modulators, saturable absorbers, solar cells, supercapacitors, and other optical devices. However, the nonlinear optical properties of SnS nanosheets and their applications in ultrafast photonics are seldom studied. In this paper, the nonlinear optical properties of SnS nanosheets have been characterized through a dual‐balance detection system, whose modulation depth is 5.8%. More importantly, 105th harmonic soliton molecule based on SnS saturable absorbers has been realized for the first time to the authors’ knowledge. A compact mode‐locked fiber laser with a pulse duration of 1.02 ps and a repetition rate of 459 MHz is realized near 1.5 µm. It is demonstrated that SnS nanosheets have outstanding nonlinear properties and play an extremely important role in the field of ultrafast photonics.

SnSe 2 , a novel 2D semiconducting material with good photoelectric properties and tunable bandgaps structure, has been widely studied in high-performance photodetectors and superconductivity applications, etc. Herein, another excellent property, nonlinear optical absorption, is applied to ultrafast photonics. The measured nonlinear optical absorption curve of SnSe 2 with modulation depth of 5.52% is obtained. Q-switching and mode-locking in Er-doped fiber lasers based on SnSe 2 is reported. A Q-switched fiber laser can be obtained with a 0.5-m-long gain fiber and a 50:50 optical coupler. With 0.75-m-long active fiber and a 40:60 optical coupler, mode locking can be obtained. Furthermore, a third-order bound-state soliton pulse with a pulse duration of 882 fs can be achieved. The experimental results show that SnSe 2 is an excellent optical saturable absorber for the applications of ultrafast photonics.

SnS, a mysterious and fascinating two‐dimensional (2D) semiconductor material, has excellent optical properties. In article number 1900273, Xiaohui Li and co‐workers characterize SnS nanosheets systemically and successfully apply SnS nanosheets in an Er‐doped fiber laser to achieve a 105th harmonic soliton molecule with a spectral modulation period of 1.81 nm, corresponding to the repetition frequency of 459 MHz.