Issue 47, 2020

Hyper–Rayleigh scattering in 2D redox exfoliated semi-metallic ZrTe2 transition metal dichalcogenide

Abstract

Nonlinear optical characterization of nanostructured layered transition metal dichalcogenides (LTMDs) is of fundamental interest for basic knowledge and applied purposes. In particular, second-order optical nonlinearities are the basis for second harmonic generation as well as sum or difference frequency generation and have been studied in some 2D TMDs, especially in those with a semiconducting character. Here we report, for the first time, on the second-order nonlinearity of the semi-metallic ZrTe2 monolayer in acetonitrile suspension (concentration of 4.9 × 1010 particles per cm3), synthesized via a modified redox exfoliation method and characterized using the Hyper–Rayleigh scattering technique in the nanosecond regime. The orientation-averaged first-hyperpolarizability was found to be β(2ω) = (7.0 ± 0.3) × 10−24 esu per ZrTe2 monolayer flake, the largest reported so far. Polarization-resolved measurements were performed in the monolayer suspension and indicate the dipolar origin of the generated incoherent second harmonic wave.

Graphical abstract: Hyper–Rayleigh scattering in 2D redox exfoliated semi-metallic ZrTe2 transition metal dichalcogenide

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Sep 2020
Accepted
23 Nov 2020
First published
23 Nov 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 27845-27849

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Hyper–Rayleigh scattering in 2D redox exfoliated semi-metallic ZrTe2 transition metal dichalcogenide

M. L. da Silva-Neto, R. Barbosa-Silva, C. B. de Araújo, C. J. S. de Matos, A. M. Jawaid, A. J. Ritter, R. A. Vaia and A. S. L. Gomes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 27845 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP04821F

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