Xu Boyu, Xiong Xiao, Niu Rui, Qu Guangyuan, Dong Chunhua, Guo Guangcan, Ren Xi-Feng
Author Affiliations
CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information USTCPeking UniversityChinaUniversity of Science and Technology of China合肥 中国科技大学物理系University of science and technology of Chinashow less
Abstract
Transition metal dichalcogenide two-dimensional materials, exhibiting extraordinary properties absent in their bulk forms, have garnered significant attention for nonlinear optical devices. However, the atomic-level thickness limits the light absorption, which makes the intensity of the nonlinear signal extremely weak. Through transferring monolayer WS2 onto a silica microsphere, we report a giant second harmonic generation enhancement for approximately 1.46×107 times. The SH signal reaches 2.56 MHz pumped by a continuous wave laser of 2.5 mW. It is attributed to an enhancement of pump laser due to the whispering gallery mode of the microsphere cavity. This work demonstrates the potential of microcavity-integrated monolayer 2D materials for nonlinear optics in integrated photonics.