Efficient terahertz generation from van der Waals α-In2Se3

Shijie Duan; Ming Yang; Suyuan Zhou; Longhui Zhang; Jinsen Han; Xu Sun; Guang Wang; Changqin Liu; Dongdong Kang; Xiaowei Wang; Jiahao Chen; Jiayu Dai

doi:10.3788/COL202422.013202

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 1, 013202(2024)

Efficient terahertz generation from van der Waals α-In₂Se₃

Shijie Duan^1,2, Ming Yang^1,2, Suyuan Zhou^1,3, Longhui Zhang^1,4, Jinsen Han^1,2, Xu Sun^1,2, Guang Wang^1,2, Changqin Liu^1,2, Dongdong Kang^1,2, Xiaowei Wang^1,2, Jiahao Chen^1,2、*, and Jiayu Dai^1,2、**

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Physics, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

²Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications (XMAL), Changsha 410073, China

³Hunan Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China

⁴Guangxi Key Laboratory of Automatic Detecting Technology and Instrument, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics

Received: Aug. 9, 2023

Accepted: Sep. 6, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 19, 2024

The Author Email: Jiahao Chen (chenjiahao@nudt.edu.cn), Jiayu Dai (jydai@nudt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.013202

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.013202

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