Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas

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Main Authors: Tognazzi, Andrea, Franceschini, Paolo, Biechteler, Jonas, Baù, Enrico, Cino, Alfonso Carmelo, Tittl, Andreas, De Angelis, Costantino, Sortino, Luca
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author Tognazzi, Andrea
Franceschini, Paolo
Biechteler, Jonas
Baù, Enrico
Cino, Alfonso Carmelo
Tittl, Andreas
De Angelis, Costantino
Sortino, Luca
author_facet Tognazzi, Andrea
Franceschini, Paolo
Biechteler, Jonas
Baù, Enrico
Cino, Alfonso Carmelo
Tittl, Andreas
De Angelis, Costantino
Sortino, Luca
contents Layered van der Waals (vdW) materials have emerged as a promising platform for nanophotonics due to large refractive indexes and giant optical anisotropy. Unlike conventional dielectrics and semiconductors, the absence of covalent bonds between layers allows for novel degrees of freedom in designing optically resonant nanophotonic structures down to the atomic scale, from the precise stacking of vertical heterostructures to controlling the twist angle between crystallographic axes. Specifically, while transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers exhibit giant second order nonlinear responses, their bulk counterparts with 2H stacking have zero second order response. In this work, we show second harmonic generation (SHG) arising from the interface of WS$_2$/MoS$_2$ hetero-bilayer thin films with an additional SHG enhancement in nanostructured optical antennas mediated by both the excitonic resonances and the anapole condition. When both conditions are met, we observe up to $10^2$ SHG signal enhancement. Our results highlights vdW materials as a platform for designing unique multilayer optical nanostructures and metamaterial, paving the way for advanced applications in nanophotonics and nonlinear optics.
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spellingShingle Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas
Tognazzi, Andrea
Franceschini, Paolo
Biechteler, Jonas
Baù, Enrico
Cino, Alfonso Carmelo
Tittl, Andreas
De Angelis, Costantino
Sortino, Luca
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Layered van der Waals (vdW) materials have emerged as a promising platform for nanophotonics due to large refractive indexes and giant optical anisotropy. Unlike conventional dielectrics and semiconductors, the absence of covalent bonds between layers allows for novel degrees of freedom in designing optically resonant nanophotonic structures down to the atomic scale, from the precise stacking of vertical heterostructures to controlling the twist angle between crystallographic axes. Specifically, while transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers exhibit giant second order nonlinear responses, their bulk counterparts with 2H stacking have zero second order response. In this work, we show second harmonic generation (SHG) arising from the interface of WS$_2$/MoS$_2$ hetero-bilayer thin films with an additional SHG enhancement in nanostructured optical antennas mediated by both the excitonic resonances and the anapole condition. When both conditions are met, we observe up to $10^2$ SHG signal enhancement. Our results highlights vdW materials as a platform for designing unique multilayer optical nanostructures and metamaterial, paving the way for advanced applications in nanophotonics and nonlinear optics.
title Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06156