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| author | Black, Maximilian Abdi, Yaser Singh, Prabhdeep Garg, Bharti Alavi, Zahra Alikhanim, Mohammadreza Seresht, Mohammad Hossein Salemi Chahshouri, Fatemeh Taleb, Masoud Talebi, Nahid |
| author_facet | Black, Maximilian Abdi, Yaser Singh, Prabhdeep Garg, Bharti Alavi, Zahra Alikhanim, Mohammadreza Seresht, Mohammad Hossein Salemi Chahshouri, Fatemeh Taleb, Masoud Talebi, Nahid |
| contents | Nonlinear optical processes in low dimensional materials are often weak or symmetry forbidden, limiting their use in nanoscale light sources and on chip frequency conversion. Here, we show that combining two weakly nonlinear systems, anisotropic borophene and excitonic zinc oxide, yields an enhanced and resonant nonlinear response. In borophene ZnO heterostructures, cathodoluminescence reveals a two orders of magnitude enhancement at 400 nm and 800 nm, due to an enhanced two photon absorption process. Under tunable near infrared excitation, a clear second harmonic signal emerges with quadratic power dependence and strong resonance near 800 nm. We attribute this to nonlinear plasmon exciton coupling, which reshapes the excitonic response and enables efficient hybrid pathways for frequency conversion. These results establish anisotropic plasmon exciton hybridization as a route to controlling nonlinear optical responses in low dimensional heterostructures. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Plasmon exciton coupling enhances second order nonlinear response in borophene ZnO hybrid structures Black, Maximilian Abdi, Yaser Singh, Prabhdeep Garg, Bharti Alavi, Zahra Alikhanim, Mohammadreza Seresht, Mohammad Hossein Salemi Chahshouri, Fatemeh Taleb, Masoud Talebi, Nahid Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Nonlinear optical processes in low dimensional materials are often weak or symmetry forbidden, limiting their use in nanoscale light sources and on chip frequency conversion. Here, we show that combining two weakly nonlinear systems, anisotropic borophene and excitonic zinc oxide, yields an enhanced and resonant nonlinear response. In borophene ZnO heterostructures, cathodoluminescence reveals a two orders of magnitude enhancement at 400 nm and 800 nm, due to an enhanced two photon absorption process. Under tunable near infrared excitation, a clear second harmonic signal emerges with quadratic power dependence and strong resonance near 800 nm. We attribute this to nonlinear plasmon exciton coupling, which reshapes the excitonic response and enables efficient hybrid pathways for frequency conversion. These results establish anisotropic plasmon exciton hybridization as a route to controlling nonlinear optical responses in low dimensional heterostructures. |
| title | Plasmon exciton coupling enhances second order nonlinear response in borophene ZnO hybrid structures |
| topic | Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11173 |