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 …

Twisted van der waals quantum materials: Fundamentals, tunability, and applications

X Sun, M Suriyage, AR Khan, M Gao, J Zhao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Twisted van der Waals (vdW) quantum materials have emerged as a rapidly develo** field
of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. These materials establish a new central research …

Manipulating Peierls Distortion in van der Waals NbOX2 Maximizes Second-Harmonic Generation

T Fu, K Bu, X Sun, D Wang, X Feng, S Guo… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials, featuring relaxed phase-matching
conditions and highly tunable optical nonlinearity, endow them with potential applications in …

Emission Dipole and Pressure‐Driven Tunability of Second Harmonic Generation in vdWs Ferroelectric NbOI2

J Fu, N Yang, Y Liu, Q Liu, J Du, Y Fang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D in‐plane ferroelectric NbOI2 exhibits strong second harmonic generation (SHG)
and ultrahigh effective susceptibility. To push forward their applications in nonlinear …

[HTML][HTML] 2D materials for enabling hydrogen as an energy vector

JK Abifarin, JF Torres, Y Lu - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen holds promise for slashing emissions in energy and transportation due to its high
energy density and clean combustion. The transition to hydrogen fuel encompasses various …

Functionalizing nanophotonic structures with 2D van der Waals materials

Y Meng, H Zhong, Z Xu, T He, JS Kim, S Han… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The integration of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials with nanostructures has
triggered a wide spectrum of optical and optoelectronic applications. Photonic structures of …

Nonlinear optical activities in two-dimensional gallium sulfide: a comprehensive study

S Ahmed, PK Cheng, J Qiao, W Gao, AM Saleque… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials are fascinating for
fundamental physics and optoelectronic device development. However, relatively few …

Strong second-harmonic generation by sublattice polarization in non-uniformly strained monolayer graphene

K Lu, M Luo, W Gao, QJ Wang, H Sun… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the potential of graphene for building a variety of quantum photonic devices, its
centrosymmetric nature forbids the observation of second harmonic generation (SHG) for …

Parametric nonlinear optics with layered materials and related heterostructures

O Dogadov, C Trovatello, B Yao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear optics is of crucial importance in several fields of science and technology with
applications in frequency conversion, entangled‐photon generation, self‐referencing of …

Combining ultrahigh index with exceptional nonlinearity in resonant transition metal dichalcogenide nanodisks

G Zograf, AY Polyakov, M Bancerek, TJ Antosiewicz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Second-order nonlinearity in solids gives rise to a plethora of unique physical phenomena
ranging from piezoelectricity and optical rectification to optical parametric amplification …