All-optical nonreciprocity due to valley polarization pumping in transition metal dichalcogenides

Nonreciprocity is viewed as a useful feature for many future optical devices. Here, the authors observe all-optically-induced nonreciprocal dichroism in monolayer WS2, which is explained by valley-selective response.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Sriram Guddala, Yuma Kawaguchi, Filipp Komissarenko, Svetlana Kiriushechkina, Anton Vakulenko, Kai Chen, Andrea Alù, Vinod M. Menon, Alexander B. Khanikaev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24138-0