Large Second Harmonic Generation from Polar van der Waals Bismuth Telluro-Halide Semiconductors
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Padmanabhan, Prashant; Kwock, Kevin W. C.; Gilinsky, Samuel; Sirica, Nicholas; Kim, Jaewook; Du, Kai; Cheong, Sang-Wook; Prasankumar, Rohit P.
- Source
- 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2020 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2020
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Nonlinear optics
Optical harmonic generation
Optical polarization
Measurement by laser beam
Compounds
Optical imaging
Frequency conversion
- Language
We demonstrate large second harmonic generation from the polar van der Waals semiconductors BiTel and BiTeBr, with responses comparable to leading semiconducting nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. This highlights their promise for nanoscale NLO applications.