Effect of chirality on the optical properties of layered hybrid perovskite R- and S-α-methylbenzylammonium lead iodide

Abstract

The introduction of chirality in layered hybrid perovskites breaks the symmetry of their inorganic sub-lattices. Consequently, they show intriguing linear and non-linear optical properties. Here we explore the effect of chirality on the excitonic photoluminescence of chiral (R- and S-α-MBA)2PbI4 (MBA: methylbenzylammonium) at cryogenic temperatures. The induced chirality splits the excitonic emissions below 150 K. Additionally, (R- and S-α-MBA)2PbI4 show wavelength-tunable second harmonic generation (SHG) that depends strongly on the polarization angle of the incident light.