Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Plasmonic Metasurface-Enhanced Linear and Nonlinear Processes in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors

It is well known that the optical excitation of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor monolayers is based on excitons due to remarkably large exciton binding energy in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Therefore, the realization of hybrid 2D TMDC-plasmonic metasurface systems lies in the ability to precisely control and manipulate the light-matter interactions, especially those between surface plasmons and excitons. In this talk, I will focus on the emerging applications of plasmonic metasurfaces with precisely engineered optical properties using monolayer TMDCs as the linear and nonlinear optical media. 

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