Two-Dimensional Materials for Nonlinear Optics

Qiang Wang, PhD, is Professor in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, China. His current research interests include nonlinear optics and ultrafast spectroscopy. Hao-Li Zhang, PhD, is Professor in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, China. His current research interests include nonlinear optics, organic semiconductors for optoelectronics and single-molecule electronics.

• Preface xiiiList of Abbreviations xv1 Preparation of 2D Materials 1Yue Tang and Hua Xu1.1 Mechanical Exfoliation of 2D Materials 21.2 Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of 2D Materials 41.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of 2D Materials 61.4 CVD Growth ofWafer-Scale Single Crystal 2D Materials 81.5 Thickness Control in CVD Growth of 2D Materials 101.6 Phase Control in CVD Growth of 2D Materials 121.7 Summary and Prospect 142 An Introduction to the Nonlinear Optical Properties of 2D Materials 21Bolong Wang and Hao-Li Zhang2.1 Introduction 212.2 Nonlinear Optics of 2D Materials 222.3 Application of 2D Nonlinear Materials 352.4 Prospect 433 Modulation and Enhancement of Optical Nonlinearity in 2D Materials 55Xinglin Wen and Qihua Xiong3.1 Introduction 553.2 Nonlinear Optics in 2D Materials 573.3 Nonlinearity Modulation in 2D Materials 604 Characterizing the Nonlinear Optical Properties of 2D Materials by Double 4f Nonlinear Imaging System with Phase Object and Four-Wave-Mixing Microscopy 87Zhongguo Li and Yinglin Song4.1 Introduction 874.2 Principle of NLO Measurement Technique 884.3 Characterizing NLO Response of 2D Materials via Double 4f Nonlinear Imaging System with Phase Object (NIT-PO) Microscopy 914.4 Characterizing NLO Response of 2D Materials via Four-Wave-Mixing Microscopy 954.5 Outlook and Perspective 975 Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Emerging 2D Materials 103Jiawei Huang, Ningning Dong, and Jun Wang5.1 Introduction 1035.2 Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy 1045.3 Ultrafast Optics in van derWaals 2D Materials 1095.4 Ultrafast Optics in Emerging Quasi-2D Materials 1185.5 Perspectives on Ultrafast Optics for 2D Material 1246 Transient Terahertz Spectroscopy for 2D Materials 131Jingyin Xu, Kai Zhang, Hong Li, and Tianwu Wang6.1 Introduction 1316.2 Generation and Detection of THz Radiation 1326.3 Nanoscale THz Scanning Probe Microscopy of 2D Materials 1496.4 Perspectives 1547 Graphene Glass for Nonlinear Optics 163Qi Xiao, Jingyu Sun, and Hao-Li Zhang7.1 Light Absorption of Graphene 1637.2 Nonlinear Optical Properties of Graphene 1647.3 Nonlinear Optical Properties of Graphene Glass 1677.4 Perspectives 1798 2D Materials for Nonlinear Optical Limiting 185Wen Shang, Bolong Wang, and Qiang Wang8.1 Introduction 1858.2 Nonlinear Optical Limiting Mechanism 1868.3 2D Materials for Optical Limiting 1898.4 Conclusions and Prospects 2099 The Saturable Absorbers Based on 2D Materials 221Xin-Hai Yan, Lei Zhang, and Kai-Ge Zhou9.1 Introduction 2219.2 The Fundaments in the 2D Materials-Based Saturable Absorbers 2229.3 The Family of 2D Material-Based Saturable Absorbers 2259.4 Applications 2399.5 Perspectives and Outlook 24810 Second-Harmonic and Third-Harmonic Generations in 2D Layered Materials 257Xudong Jin and Min Zhao10.1 Introduction 25710.2 Conclusions and Outlook 27411 2D Perovskites for Nanolasers 281Wei Yuan and Chuanjiang Qin11.1 Introduction 28111.2 Laser Formation Principle and Performance Parameters 28311.3 The Application of 2D Perovskites in Nanolasers 28611.4 Prospect 29912 2D Materials for Space Use 303Shuyan Wang and Qiang Wang12.1 Introduction 30312.2 Space Radiation and Two-Dimensional Materials 30512.3 2D Materials for Space Use 30912.4 Perspectives 321Acknowledgment 322References 322Index 333