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Interface second harmonic generation enhancement in bulk WS₂/MoS₂ hetero-bilayer van der Waals nanoantennas
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Journal Article
Date Issued
2025-09-29
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Tognazzi, Andrea
Franceschini, Paolo
Biechteler, Jonas
Baù, Enrico
Cino, Alfonso Carmelo
De Angelis, Costantino
Sortino, Luca
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
1
Article Number
346
Citation
Light: Science and Applications 14 (1): 346 (2025)
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Layered van der Waals (vdW) materials have emerged as a promising platform for nanophotonics due to large refractive indexes and giant optical anisotropy. Unlike conventional dielectrics and semiconductors, the absence of covalent bonds between layers allows for novel degrees of freedom in designing optically resonant nanophotonic structures down to the atomic scale: from the precise stacking of vertical heterostructures to controlling the twist angle between crystallographic axes. Specifically, although monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides exhibit giant second-order nonlinear responses, their bulk counterparts with 2H stacking possess zero second-order nonlinearity. In this work, we investigate second harmonic generation (SHG) arising from the interface of WS₂/MoS₂ hetero-bilayer thin films with an additional SHG enhancement in nanostructured optical antennas, mediated by both the excitonic resonances and the anapole-driven field enhancement. When both conditions are met, we observe up to 10² SHG signal enhancement, compared to unstructured bilayers, with SHG conversion efficiency reaching ≈ 10⁻⁷. Our results highlights vdW materials as a platform for designing unique multilayer optical nanostructures and metamaterial, paving the way for advanced applications in nanophotonics and nonlinear optics. (Figure presented.)
DDC Class
600: Technology