Inversion symmetry-broken tetralayer graphene probed by second harmonic generation
arXiv:2311.16797 · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01880
Abstract
Symmetry breaking governs most fascinating phenomena in crystals, such as ferroelectricity, nonlinear optics, piezoelectricity, ferromagnetism, and superconductivity. In two-dimensional materials, a wide variety of tuning knobs presents extraordinary opportunities for engineering symmetry breaking, leading to the emergence and manipulation of novel physical properties. Recently, tetralayer graphene with ABCB stacking order is predicted to possess atypical elemental ferroelectricity arising from the symmetry breaking induced by its specific stacking configuration. Experimentally unveiling the stacking-order dependent symmetry in tetralayer graphene is crucial to understand the intricate properties in the emergent graphene allotropes. Here, we observe pronounced nonlinear optical second harmonic generation (SHG) in ABCB-stacked tetralayer graphene, but absent in both ABAB- and ABCA-stacked allotropes. Our results provide direct evidence of symmetry breaking in ABCB-stacked tetralayer graphene. The remarkable contrast in the SHG spectra of tetralayer graphene allows straightforward identification of ABCB domains from the other two kinds of stacking order and facilitates the characterization of their crystalline orientation. The employed SHG technique serves as a convenient tool for exploring the intriguing physics and novel nonlinear optics in ABCB-stacked graphene, where spontaneous polarization and intrinsic gapped flat bands coexist. Our results establish ABCB-stacked graphene as a unique platform for studying the rare ferroelectricity in non-centrosymmetric elemental structures.
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