Ultrafast high-harmonic spectroscopy of solids

C Heide, Y Kobayashi, SRU Haque, S Ghimire - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
High-harmonic spectroscopy, an ultrafast all-optical technique initially conceptualized in
atomic and molecular systems, has now emerged as a powerful platform for studying the …

Large-Area Epitaxial Growth of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

G Xue, B Qin, C Ma, P Yin, C Liu, K Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, research on atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs) has expanded rapidly due to their unique properties such as high …

Anomalous photovoltaics in Janus MoSSe monolayers

C Liu, T Liang, X Sui, L Du, Q Guo, G Xue… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
The anomalous photovoltaic effect (APE) in polar crystals is a promising avenue for
overcoming the energy conversion efficiency limits of conventional photoelectric devices …

Tunable nonlinear excitonic optical response in biased bilayer graphene

MFCM Quintela, NMR Peres, TG Pedersen - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Biased bilayer graphene (BBG) is an important system for studies of excitonic effects in
graphene-based systems, with its easily tunable band gap. This band gap is governed by an …

Atomically engineering interlayer symmetry operations of two-dimensional crystals

Z Han, S Wu, C Huang, F Xuan, X Han, Y Long… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Crystal symmetry, which governs the local atomic coordination and bonding environment, is
one of the paramount constituents that intrinsically dictate materials' functionalities …

Mechanical Twisting-Induced Enhancement of Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity in a Flexible Molecular Crystal

Z Wang, W Han, B Fu, H Kang, P Cheng… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Flexible molecular crystals are essential for advancing smart materials, providing unique
functionality and adaptability for applications in next-generation electronics …

The Defects Genome of Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

M Sayyad, J Kopaczek, CM Gilardoni… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) have
attracted much interest due to their exciting quantum properties arising from their unique two …

Band-Edge Mixture Engineered Giant and Switchable Shift Current Generation

Y Gao, M Yang, W Zou, J Zhou, C Zhang - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional materials have enormous development prospects in the bulk photovoltaic
effect (BPVE). The enhancement and manipulation of the BPVE are some of the key roles of …

Strategies to enhance THz harmonic generation combining multilayered, gated, and metamaterial-based architectures

A Maleki, MB Heindl, Y Xin, RW Boyd… - Light: Science & …, 2025 - nature.com
Graphene has unique properties paving the way for groundbreaking future applications. Its
large optical nonlinearity and ease of integration in devices notably makes it an ideal …

Anisotropic linear and nonlinear excitonic optical properties of buckled monolayer semiconductors

MFCM Quintela, TG Pedersen - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The optical properties of two-dimensional materials are exceptional in several respects.
They are highly anisotropic and frequently dominated by excitonic effects. Dipole-allowed …