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Title: Nonlinear Optical and Photocurrent Responses in Janus MoSSe Monolayer and MoS 2 –MoSSe van der Waals Heterostructure
Award ID(s):
2103842 1753054
NSF-PAR ID:
10401903
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Volume:
22
Issue:
10
ISSN:
1530-6984
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4145 to 4152
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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  3. Abstract

    Janus transition metal dichalcogenides are an emerging class of atomically thin materials with engineered broken mirror symmetry that gives rise to long‐lived dipolar excitons, Rashba splitting, and topologically protected solitons. They hold great promise as a versatile nonlinear optical platform due to their broadband harmonic generation tunability, ease of integration on photonic structures, and nonlinearities beyond the basal crystal plane. Here, second and third harmonic generation in MoSSe and WSSe Janus monolayers is studied. Polarization‐resolved spectroscopy is used to map the full second‐order susceptibility tensor of MoSSe, including its out‐of‐plane components. In addition, the effective third‐order susceptibility and the second‐order nonlinear dispersion close to exciton resonances for both MoSSe and WSSe are measured at room and cryogenic temperatures. This work sets a bedrock for understanding the nonlinear optical properties of Janus transition metal dichalcogenides and probing their use in the next‐generation on‐chip multifaceted photonic devices.

     
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