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Optical imaging of strain in two-dimensional crystals

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  • Lukas Mennel

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Marco M. Furchi

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Stefan Wachter

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Matthias Paur

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Dmitry K. Polyushkin

    (Vienna University of Technology)

  • Thomas Mueller

    (Vienna University of Technology)

Abstract

Strain engineering is widely used in material science to tune the (opto-)electronic properties of materials and enhance the performance of devices. Two-dimensional atomic crystals are a versatile playground to study the influence of strain, as they can sustain very large deformations without breaking. Various optical techniques have been employed to probe strain in two-dimensional materials, including micro-Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Here we demonstrate that optical second harmonic generation constitutes an even more powerful technique, as it allows extraction of the full strain tensor with a spatial resolution below the optical diffraction limit. Our method is based on the strain-induced modification of the nonlinear susceptibility tensor due to a photoelastic effect. Using a two-point bending technique, we determine the photoelastic tensor elements of molybdenum disulfide. Once identified, these parameters allow us to spatially image the two-dimensional strain field in an inhomogeneously strained sample.

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  • Lukas Mennel & Marco M. Furchi & Stefan Wachter & Matthias Paur & Dmitry K. Polyushkin & Thomas Mueller, 2018. "Optical imaging of strain in two-dimensional crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-02830-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02830-y
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