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Third-order Optical Nonlinearity in Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Authors :
Khorasani, Sina
Source :
Communication in Theoretical Physics, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 344-360 (2018)
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

We present a detailed calculation of the linear and nonlinear optical response of four types of monolayer Two-Dimensional (2D) Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDCs), having the formula $\textrm{MX}_2$ with M=Mo,W and X=S,Se. The calculations are based on 6-band tight-binding model of TMDCs, and then performing a semiclassical perturbation analysis of response functions. We numerically calculate the linear $\chi_{\mu\nu}^{(1)}(-\omega;\omega)$ and nonlinear surface susceptibility tensors $\chi_{\mu\nu\zeta\eta}^{(3)} (-\omega_\Sigma;\omega_r,\omega_s,\omega_t)$ with $\omega_\Sigma=\omega_r+\omega_s+\omega_t$. Both non-degenerate and degenerate cases are studied for third-harmonic generation and nonlinear refractive index, respectively. Computational results obtained \textit{with no external fitting parameters} are discussed regarding two recent reported experiments on ${\rm MoS}_2$, and thus we can confirm the extraordinarily strong optical nonlinearity of TMDCs. As a possible application, we demonstrate generation of a $\frac{\pi}{4}-$rotated squeezed state by means of nonlinear response of TMDCs, in a silica micro-disk resonator covered with the 2D material. Our proposed method will enable accurate calculations of nonlinear optical response, such as four-wave mixing and high-harmonic generation in 2D materials and their heterostructures, thus enabling study of novel functionalities of 2D photonic integrated circuits.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Communication in Theoretical Physics, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 344-360 (2018)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1711.02982
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/0253-6102/70/3/344