• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 11, 991 (2018)
Wei Zheng1、3, Yanming Zhu1, Fadi Li2, and Feng Huang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 3e-mail: zhengw37@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.000991 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wei Zheng, Yanming Zhu, Fadi Li, Feng Huang. Raman spectroscopy regulation in van der Waals crystals[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 991 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Raman spectroscopy is a versatile tool widely used for comprehensive probing of crystal information. However, generally when applied in narrow-band-gap van der Waals crystals, it is liable to form a “bug,” especially in transition-metal-dichalcogenides (TMDs). That is, several resonant Raman-scattering (RS) modes will inevitably appear in the Raman spectra with strong intensity, interfering with the desired signal of optical-phonon modes. Here, we propose cross-sectional polarized Raman scattering capable of regulating the intensity of RS modes in accordance with quasi-sinusoidal rules. Typically, for MoS2 and WS2, when the polarization vector of excited light is along the c axis of the crystal, all RS modes are nearly completely “expunged” from the Raman spectra. The mechanism is that the absorption of most TMDs with a space group of R3m for the light polarized along the c axis is infinitesimal, thus forming a small coupling intensity of electronic states excited optically and acoustic-phonon modes at point M, which in turn restrain the appearance of RS modes. The regulating strategy proposed can be applied to other van der Waals crystals so as to obtain a high signal-to-noise ratio Raman spectrum.
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    Wei Zheng, Yanming Zhu, Fadi Li, Feng Huang. Raman spectroscopy regulation in van der Waals crystals[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 991
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