Exciton Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Responses in Monolayer h-BN and MoS<sub>2</sub>: Insight from First-Principles Exciton-State Coupling Formalism and Calculations.
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Abstract
Excitons are vital in the photophysics of materials, especially in low-dimensional systems. The conceptual and quantitative understanding of excitonic effects in nonlinear optical (NLO) processes is more challenging compared to linear ones. Here, we present an ab initio approach to second-order NLO responses, incorporating excitonic effects, that employs an exciton-state coupling formalism and allows for a detailed analysis of the role of individual excitonic states. Taking monolayer h-BN and MoS<sub>2</sub> as two prototype 2D materials, we calculate their second harmonic generation (SHG) susceptibility and shift current conductivity tensor. We find strong excitonic enhancement in the NLO responses requires that the resonant excitons are not only optically bright themselves but also able to couple strongly to other bright excitons. Our results explain the occurrence of two strong peaks in the SHG of monolayer h-BN and why the A and B excitons of MoS<sub>2</sub> unexpectedly exhibit minimal excitonic enhancement in both SHG and shift current generation.