Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 4, 691(2024)

Microscopic nonlinear optical activities and ultrafast carrier dynamics in layered AgInP2S6

Zixin Wang1,2, Ningning Dong1,2,3,4, Yu Mao1,2, Chenduan Chen1,2, Xin Chen1,2, Chang Xu1, Zhouyuan Yan1,2, and Jun Wang1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Aerospace Laser Technology and Systems Department, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science (CEULS), State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 4e-mail: n.n.dong@siom.ac.cn
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    (a) Typical XRD pattern of AgInP2S6 crystal. (b) XPS survey scan and (c) Ag 3d, (d) In 3d, (e) P 2p, and (f) S 2p region of AgInP2S6. Black dots and red solid lines represent experimental and fitting results, respectively. (g) TEM image of AgInP2S6. The top-right inset is the SAED. (h) SEM image and (i) EDS results of AgInP2S6.
    (a) Optical image of AgInP2S6 flakes with different thicknesses exfoliated on a quartz substrate. (b) Room temperature Raman spectra obtained under 532 nm CW laser excitation. (c) UV-visible absorption spectra of AgInP2S6 flakes. (d) Tauc plots and the optical bandgap of AgInP2S6 flakes with different thicknesses.
    Theoretical band structure of (a) monolayer, (b) 10 nm, (c) 100 nm, and (d) 400 nm AgInP2S6. (e) Theoretical bandgap as a function of thickness.
    (a) Schematic of the μ-Z/I-scan setup used for the nonlinear optical activities experiment. (b) Open-aperture and (d) closed-aperture Z-scan results of the 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 flake at 520 nm femtosecond pulse. (c) Open-aperture and (e) closed-aperture Z-scan results of 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 flake at 1040 nm femtosecond pulse.
    Relationship graphs between ln(1−T(z)) and ln(I) of 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 flake under the excitation of (a)–(c) 520 nm and (d)–(f) 1040 nm femtosecond pulses.
    μ-I-scan results of the AgInP2S6 flakes under the excitation of (a) 520 nm and (b) 1040 nm femtosecond pulses, respectively.
    (a) Schematic of the μ-pump-probe setup used for the ultrafast carrier dynamics experiment. Carrier relaxation process with different pump intensities of the (b) 443.74 nm and (c) 102.95 nm AgInP2S6 flakes. The insets shows ΔR/R versus the pump intensity at zero-time delay. (d) Excitation intensity-dependent PL spectra of 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 obtained under CW laser excitation at 532 nm. (e) Maximum PL intensity as a function of excitation intensity.
    • Table 1. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Parameters of the 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 Flake

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      Table 1. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Parameters of the 443.74 nm AgInP2S6 Flake

      Thickness (nm)Laser (nm)α0 (cm1)β0 (cm/GW)Imχ(3) (esu)FOMIm (esu cm)n2 (cm2/W)Reχ(3) (esu)FOMRe (esu cm)
      443.745208098.7921.334.34×10135.37×10173.26×10141.02×10171.26×1021
      10401753.391.216.73×10143.84×10173.60×10151.54×10188.78×1022
    • Table 2. Fitting Parameters of the AgInP2S6 Flakes

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      Table 2. Fitting Parameters of the AgInP2S6 Flakes

      520 nm1040 nm
      Thickness (nm)β0 (cm/GW)Is (GW/cm2)Imχ(3) (esu)FOMIm (esu cm)β0 (cm/GW)Is (GW/cm2)Imχ(3) (esu)FOMIm (esu cm)
      11.146.06×1023.48×1011.23×10111.23×10169.79×1010.60×1025.44×10129.72×1017
      21.155.17×1026.18×1011.05×10117.14×10179.10×1012.49×1025.06×10129.45×1017
      23.765.01×1027.49×1011.02×10115.96×10178.07×1013.80×1024.49×10126.48×1017
      29.294.16×1028.79×1018.47×10124.80×10177.61×1015.53×1024.23×10126.12×1017
      102.951.11×1027.33×1012.26×10127.56×10176.35×1016.12×1023.53×10127.14×1017
      443.740.22×1028.08×1014.48×10135.53×10170.25×1016.18×1021.39×10137.93×1017
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    Zixin Wang, Ningning Dong, Yu Mao, Chenduan Chen, Xin Chen, Chang Xu, Zhouyuan Yan, Jun Wang. Microscopic nonlinear optical activities and ultrafast carrier dynamics in layered AgInP2S6[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 691

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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Oct. 27, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 20, 2024

    The Author Email: Jun Wang (jwang@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.510142

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