Quantum confinement-induced enhanced nonlinearity and carrier lifetime modulation in two-dimensional tin sulfide

Autor: Zhang Feng, Xu Ning, Zhao Jinlai, Wang Yunzheng, Jiang Xiantao, Zhang Ye, Huang Weichun, Hu Lanping, Tang Yanfeng, Xu Shixiang, Zhang Han
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nanophotonics, Vol 9, Iss 7, Pp 1963-1972 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2192-8606
2192-8614
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2019-0448
Popis: Two-dimensional tin sulfide (SnS), as a black phosphorus-analogue binary semiconductor, has received considerable attention in photonics and optoelectronics. Herein, the third-order nonlinearity susceptibility Im χ3 is enhanced from −(6.88 ± 0.10) × 10−14 esu to −(15.90 ± 0.27) × 10−14 esu by the size-related quantum confinement in layered SnS nanosheets. Due to the energy level alignment, a phonon-bottleneck effect is observed, which leads to a prolonged carrier lifetime. These results provide a platform for actively tuning the linear and nonlinear optics, and pave the way for designing SnS-based tunable and anisotropic optoelectronic devices.
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