Imaging the crystal orientation of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides using polarization-resolved second-harmonic generation

George Miltos Maragkakis; Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos; Leonidas Mouchliadis; Ioannis Paradisanos; Andreas Lemonis; George Kioseoglou; Emmanuel Stratakis

doi:10.29026/oea.2019.190026

Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume. 2, Issue 11, 190026-1(2019)

Imaging the crystal orientation of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides using polarization-resolved second-harmonic generation

George Miltos Maragkakis^1,2, Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos¹, Leonidas Mouchliadis¹, Ioannis Paradisanos^1,2, Andreas Lemonis¹, George Kioseoglou^1,3, and Emmanuel Stratakis^1,2,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion Crete 71110, Greece

²Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion Crete 71003, Greece

³Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion Crete 71003, Greece

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Paper Information

Category: Original Article

Received: Jul. 16, 2019

Accepted: Sep. 3, 2019

Published Online: Jan. 3, 2020

The Author Email: Emmanuel Stratakis (stratak@iesl.forth.gr)

DOI:10.29026/oea.2019.190026

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