Layer-modulated two-photon absorption in MoS2: probing the shift of the excitonic dark state and band-edge

Yafeng Xie; Saifeng Zhang; Yuanxin Li; Ningning Dong; Xiaoyan Zhang; Lei Wang; Weimin Liu; Ivan M. Kislyakov; Jean-Michel Nunzi; Hongji Qi; Long Zhang; Jun Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000762

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