Nonlinear optics with 2D layered materials

A Autere, H Jussila, Y Dai, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D layered materials (2DLMs) are a subject of intense research for a wide variety of
applications (eg, electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics) due to their unique physical …

Hot carriers in graphene–fundamentals and applications

M Massicotte, G Soavi, A Principi, KJ Tielrooij - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hot charge carriers in graphene exhibit fascinating physical phenomena, whose
understanding has improved greatly over the past decade. They have distinctly different …

Extremely efficient terahertz high-harmonic generation in graphene by hot Dirac fermions

HA Hafez, S Kovalev, JC Deinert, Z Mics, B Green… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Multiple optical harmonic generation—the multiplication of photon energy as a result of
nonlinear interaction between light and matter—is a key technology in modern electronics …

Gate-tunable third-order nonlinear optical response of massless Dirac fermions in graphene

T Jiang, D Huang, J Cheng, X Fan, Z Zhang, Y Shan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Graphene with massless Dirac fermions can have exceptionally strong third-order optical
nonlinearities. Yet reported values of nonlinear optical susceptibilities for third-harmonic …

Broadband, electrically tunable third-harmonic generation in graphene

G Soavi, G Wang, H Rostami, DG Purdie… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Optical harmonic generation occurs when high intensity light (> 1010 W m–2) interacts with
a nonlinear material. Electrical control of the nonlinear optical response enables …

Artificial metaphotonics born naturally in two dimensions

Z Dai, G Hu, Q Ou, L Zhang, F Xia… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recently, two rich and exciting research fields, layered two-dimensional (2D) materials and
metamaterials, have started overlapping. Metamaterials are artificial, engineered materials …

Efficient Terahertz Harmonic Generation with Coherent Acceleration of Electrons in the Dirac Semimetal

B Cheng, N Kanda, TN Ikeda, T Matsuda, P Xia… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We report strong terahertz (∼ 10 12 Hz) high harmonic generation at room temperature in
thin films of Cd 3 As 2, a three-dimensional Dirac semimetal. Third harmonics are detectable …

Quantum theory of the third-order nonlinear electrodynamic effects of graphene

SA Mikhailov - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The linear energy dispersion of graphene electrons leads to a strongly nonlinear
electromagnetic response of this material. We develop a general quantum theory of the third …

Giant enhancement of third-harmonic generation in graphene–metal heterostructures

I Alonso Calafell, LA Rozema, D Alcaraz Iranzo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nonlinear nanophotonics leverages engineered nanostructures to funnel light into small
volumes and intensify nonlinear optical processes with spectral and spatial control. Owing to …

Plasmon-assisted high-harmonic generation in graphene

JD Cox, A Marini, FJG De Abajo - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
High-harmonic generation in condensed-matter systems is both a source of fundamental
insight into quantum electron motion and a promising candidate to realize compact …