Organic crystals for THz photonics

M Jazbinsek, U Puc, A Abina, A Zidansek - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Organic crystals with second-order optical nonlinearity feature very high and ultra-fast
optical nonlinearities and are therefore attractive for various photonics applications. During …

Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications

SJ Kim, BJ Kang, U Puc, WT Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic π‐conjugated crystals with second‐order optical nonlinearity are considerably
attractive materials for diverse terahertz (THz) wave photonics. An overview of the research …

Ultrasensitive and Broadband All‐Optically Controlled THz Modulator Based on MoTe2/Si van der Waals Heterostructure

J Qiao, S Wang, Z Wang, C He, S Zhao… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the impressive progresses in terahertz (THz) sources and detection, there is still a
big challenge for high performance active optoelectronic THz devices such as THz …

Perspective on terahertz applications of molecular crystals

A Sinko, I Ozheredov, E Rudneva, V Manomenova… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, we present a survey on the use of molecular nonlinear crystals in the context
of terahertz (THz) photonics. The fundamentals of nonlinear optics for converting optical and …

Custom terahertz waveforms using complementary organic nonlinear optical crystals

C Rader, MF Nielson, BE Knighton, ZB Zaccardi… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Organic nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are among the most efficient (> 1%) terahertz (THz)
radiation generators. However, one of the limitations of using organic NLO crystals is that the …

Organic broadband THz generators optimized for efficient near‐infrared optical pumping

MH Shin, WT Kim, SI Kim, SJ Kim, IC Yu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
New organic THz generators are designed herein by molecular engineering of the refractive
index, phonon mode, and spatial asymmetry. These benzothiazolium crystals …

Solid‐State Molecular Motions in Organic THz Generators

J Kim, YC Park, JH Seok, M Jazbinsek… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic nonlinear optical salt crystals are widely used as efficient broadband THz
generators. Although solid state molecular motions of organic crystals can greatly influence …

Organic THz generators: a design strategy for organic crystals with ultralarge macroscopic hyperpolarizability

JH Seok, D Kim, WT Kim, SJ Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Newly designed halogenated organic quinolinium crystals proposed in this work provide
fully optimized molecular ordering for maximizing the optical nonlinearity and high …

Organic σ‐Hole containing crystals with enhanced nonlinear optical response and efficient optical‐to‐THz frequency conversion

SI Kim, WT Kim, JH Seok, M Jazbinsek… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A new approach for the molecular design of highly efficient nonlinear optical organic crystals
is proposed by introducing substituents that form σ‐holes on both nonlinear optical cationic …

Modulation of graphene THz absorption based on HAuCl4 doping method

Q Li, K Bi, Y Niu, S Zhou, L Tan, J Mu, S Han… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Graphene is an attractive material for terahertz (THz) absorbers because of its tunable Fermi-
Level (E_F). It has become a research hotspot to modulate the E_F of graphene and THz …