Microscopic quantum description of second-order nonlinearities in 2D hexagonal nanostructures beyond the Dirac cone approximation
arXiv:2005.07024 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.165406
Abstract
Single layers of hexagonal two-dimensional nanostructures such as graphene, silicene, and germanene exhibit large carrier Fermi velocities and, consequently, large light-matter coupling strength making these materials promising elements for nano-opto-electronics. Although these materials are centrosymmetric, the spatial dispersion turns out to be quite large allowing the second-order nonlinear response of such materials to be comparable to the non-centrosymmetric 2D ones. The second-order response of massless Dirac fermions has been extensively studied, however a general approach correct over the full Brillouin zone is lacking so far. To complete this gap, in the current paper we develop a general quantum-mechanical theory of the in-plane second-order nonlinear response beyond the Dirac cone approximation and applicable to the full Brillouin zone of the hexagonal tight-binding nanostructures. We present explicit calculation of the nonlinear susceptibility tensor of 2D hexagonal nanostructures applicable to arbitrary three-wave mixing processes.
arXiv comment14 pages, 13 figures
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