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We report a novel, to our knowledge, two-dimensional (2D) material, In4/3P2Se6, synthesized by the chemical vapor transport (CVT). Under 1064 nm laser excitation, In4/3P2Se6 exhibits exceptional second-harmonic generation (SHG) intensity twice that of monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). Furthermore, its intrinsic chirality and asymmetric centers facilitate strong interactions with circularly polarized light (CPL), resulting in pronounced second-harmonic generation circular dichroism (SHG-CD). At a thickness of 55 nm, the SHG-CD anisotropy factor reaches 0.639. The tunable nonlinear geometrical phase in this material presents new opportunities for next-generation nonlinear photonic devices.
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