Second order optical nonlinearity of graphene due to electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole effects

Jinluo Cheng, Nathalie Vermeulen, J. Sipe

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Abstract

We present a practical scheme to separate the contributions of the electric quadrupole-like and the magnetic dipole-like effects to the forbidden second order optical nonlinear response of graphene, and give analytic expressions for the second order optical conductivities, calculated from the independent particle approximation, with relaxation described in a phenomenological way. We predict strong second order nonlinear effects, including second harmonic generation, photon drag, and difference frequency generation. We discuss in detail the controllability of these effects by tuning the chemical potential, taking advantage of the dominant role played by interband optical transitions in the response.
Original languageEnglish
Article number43843
Number of pages11
JournalScientific Reports - Nature
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION

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