Polarization-resolved second and third harmonic generation in 2D materials

Abstract

In this PhD thesis, second and third harmonic generation (SHG, THG) produced by 2D materials, when they interact with laser field, are explored. By employing laser-scanning using galvanometric mirrors, spatially resolved SHG or THG intensities, forming images, are recorded, while rotating the linear polarization of the excitation laser field, performing polarization-resolved SHG or THG (P-SHG, P-THG) microscopy imaging. The experimental data are then fitted with equations based on suitable nonlinear optics models. The demonstrated methods are all-optical, large-area, minimally-invasive and rapid. In the first work (Chapter 2), P-SHG imaging in an atomically thin WS2 crystal is performed, which belongs to the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Information on the crystallographic direction distribution is revealed, and the superiority of a P-SHG analysis over intensity-only SHG measurements is experimentally demonstrated. In the second work (Chapter 3), a nonlinear optical imaging ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/57169
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/57169
ND
57169
Alternative title
Γέννηση δεύτερης και τρίτης αρμονικής με εξάρτηση από την πόλωση σε δισδιάστατα υλικά
Author
Maragkakis, Georgios-Miltiadis (Father's name: Emmanouil)
Date
2024
Degree Grantor
University of Crete (UOC)
Committee members
Στρατάκης Εμμανουήλ
Μακρής Κωνσταντίνος
Κιοσέογλου Γεώργιος
Κομίνης Ιωάννης
Λυμπεράκης Λιβέριος
Πελεκάνος Νικόλαος
Κοπιδάκης Γεώργιος
Discipline
Natural SciencesPhysical Sciences ➨ Applied Physics
Natural SciencesPhysical Sciences ➨ Optics
Keywords
Second harmonic generation; Third harmonic generation; Multiphoton microscopy imaging; 2D materials; In-plane anisotropic response
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
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