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Abstract:
As the typical representative of ternary transition metal chalcogenides, CrPS4 and MnPS3 exhibit unique light-matter interactions, demonstrating great potential in photonic devices. In this work, we systematically studied the nonlinear optical (NLO) responses of CrPS4 and MnPS3 flakes by the I-scan technique. CrPS4 and MnPS3 flakes show saturable absorption and reverse saturation absorption excited by fs laser at wavelengths of 600 nm, respectively. Furthermore, utilizing the non-degenerate transient absorption technology, we observed that the fast and slow carrier relaxation times of CrPS4 at different probe wavelengths were components with constants of about 1.4-3 ps and 490-1420 ps, respectively. Their excellent ultrafast NLO properties imply that they can be applied in photoelectronic fields for advanced and functional devices. Here, we designed and demonstrated an all-optical diode based on a CrPS4/MnPS3 tandem structure by breaking the time-reversal symmetry, and it achieved nonreciprocal transmission of light similar to that of a p-n electron diode.
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