Impact of laser pulse-width on the nonlinear refractive index of black phosphorus quantum dots

Jiatong Wu; Ying Zhang; Yu Chen; Hengju Liu; Zhuang Li; Tianchen Yu; Zhongguo Li

doi:10.1117/12.2691300

16 October 2023 Impact of laser pulse-width on the nonlinear refractive index of black phosphorus quantum dots

Jiatong Wu, Ying Zhang, Yu Chen, Hengju Liu, Zhuang Li, Tianchen Yu, Zhongguo Li

Proceedings Volume 12792, Eighteenth National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics; 127921G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2691300
Event: Eighteenth National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics, 2023, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Recently, 2D materials have attracted considerable research attention in nanophotonic and integrated optoelectronic devices due to their intriguing thermal, mechanical, exciton and nonlinear optical response. Despite extensive efforts on various 2D materials (graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, h-BN, etc.), however, a candidate material with large nonlinear optical (NLO) properties, ultrafast response speed, broadband response window and good thermal stability remains elusive. Black Phosphorus (BP) is a representative 2D semiconductors, which has huge potential for photodetectors, photo-catalysis, thin-film transistors and photodynamic therapy. In this study, we investigated the ultrafast NLO response of black phosphorus quantum dots (BP QDs)/water dispersions via Z-scan measurements with both femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses. We found a sign change of nonlinear refractive index n₂ of BP QDs from femtosecond to picosecond timescale. The dynamic response mechanism of BP QDs/water dispersions was studied by using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy under 355 nm excitation. A broadband absorption signal was observed ~0.5 ps after pump excitation, and the decay lifetime of this signal was rather slow (several nanoseconds). Our results indicate that BP QDs is a promising NLO material for ultrafast all-optical signal processing applications.

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Jiatong Wu, Ying Zhang, Yu Chen, Hengju Liu, Zhuang Li, Tianchen Yu, and Zhongguo Li "Impact of laser pulse-width on the nonlinear refractive index of black phosphorus quantum dots", Proc. SPIE 12792, Eighteenth National Conference on Laser Technology and Optoelectronics, 127921G (16 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2691300

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