Optical Signatures Of States Bound To Vacancy Defects In Monolayer Mos2

Abstract

The nonzero thickness of single-layer (SL) MoS2 manifests in electron states forming classes of states that are even and odd with respect to reflections through the central plane. These states are energetically well separated: In particular, we show that pristine SL MoS2 exhibits two band gaps, Eg∥=1.9 eV and Eg⊥=3.2 eV, for the optical in-plane and out-of-plane susceptibilities χ∥ and χ⊥, respectively. Because of this, odd states are often neglected, which effectively reduces SL MoS2 to a perfect two-dimensional system. We study states bound to defects in SL MoS2 with three types of vacancy defects (VDs), (i) Mo vacancy, (ii) S2 vacancy, and (iii) 3×MoS2 quantum antidot, and show that odd states play an equally important role as the even states. In particular, we show that odd states bound to VDs lead to resonances in χ⊥ inside Eg⊥ in SL MoS2 with VDs. Additionally, we demonstrate that the states bound to VDs are not necessarily confined to the band gap in the even subsystem, which necessitates extending the energy region affected by the bound states.

Publication Date

9-2-2015

Publication Title

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volume

92

Issue

12

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.121401

Socpus ID

84942447089 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84942447089

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