Resonantly Increased Optical Frequency Conversion in Atomically Thin Black Phosphorus.

Rodrigues, Manuel J L F; de Matos, Christiano J S; Ho, Yi Wei; Peixoto, Hélder; de Oliveira, Rafael E P; Wu, Hsin-Yu; Neto, Antonio H Castro; Viana-Gomes, José · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Optical frequency conversion via the nonlinear effect of third harmonic generation is shown to be resonantly enhanced in few-layer black phosphorus. This feature is believed to be a consequence of exciton-related resonance, as the enhancement is strongly correlated with the observation of exciton-recombination photoluminescence. Few-layer thicknesses are obtained both via mechanical exfoliation and laser thinning.