Microscopic nonlinear optical activities and ultrafast carrier dynamics in layered AgInP<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub>

Zixin Wang; Ningning Dong; Yu Mao; Chenduan Chen; Xin Chen; Chang Xu; Zhouyuan Yan; Jun Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.510142

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

Microscopic nonlinear optical activities and ultrafast carrier dynamics in layered AgInP₂S₆

Zixin Wang^1,2, Ningning Dong^1,2,3,4, Yu Mao^1,2, Chenduan Chen^1,2, Xin Chen^1,2, Chang Xu¹, Zhouyuan Yan^1,2, and Jun Wang^1,2,3、*

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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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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