Defect-Dependent Nonlinear Absorption in the Lead-Free Double-Perovskite Cs<sub>2</sub>AgBiBr<sub>6</sub>
Bingyue Li, Hui Li, Yanhui Sun, Mark G. Humphrey, Chi Zhang, Zhipeng Huang
Abstract
Lead-free perovskites have attracted increasing attention because they can address the toxicity and instability problems inherent to lead-halide perovskites. Furthermore, the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of lead-free perovskites are rarely explored. Herein, we report significant NLO responses and defect-dependent NLO behavior of Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 . Specifically, a thin film of pristine Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 exhibits strong reverse saturable absorption (RSA), while a film of Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 with defects (denoted as Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 (D)) shows saturable absorption (SA). The nonlinear absorption coefficients are ca. 4.0 × 10 4 cm GW –1 (515 nm laser excitation) and 2.6 × 10 4 cm GW –1 (800 nm laser excitation) for Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 and −2.0 × 10 4 cm GW –1 (515 nm laser excitation) and −7.1 × 10 3 cm GW –1 (800 nm laser excitation) for Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 (D). The optical limiting threshold of Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 is 8.1 × 10 –4 J cm –2 (515 nm laser excitation). The samples show excellent long-term performance stability in air. The RSA of pristine Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 correlates with excited-state absorption (515 nm laser excitation) and excited-state absorption following two-photon absorption (800 nm laser excitation), while the defects in Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 (D) strengthen the ground-state depletion and Pauli blocking, resulting in SA.