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Title: Anisotropic Electron-Photon and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Black Phosphorus

Journal Article · · Nano Letters
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)

Orthorhombic black phosphorus (BP) and other layered materials, such as gallium telluride (GaTe) and tin selenide (SnSe), stand out among two-dimensional (2D) materials owing to their anisotropic in-plane structure. This anisotropy adds a new dimension to the properties of 2D materials and stimulates the development of angle-resolved photonics and electronics. However, understanding the effect of anisotropy has remained unsatisfactory to-date, as shown by a number of inconsistencies in the recent literatures. We use angle-resolved absorption and Raman spectroscopies to investigate the role of anisotropy on the electron-photon and electron-phonon interactions in BP. We highlight a non-trivial dependence between anisotropies and flake thickness, photon and phonon energies. We show that once understood, the anisotropic optical absorption appears to be a reliable and simple way to identify the crystalline orientation of BP, which cannot be determined from Raman spectroscopy without the explicit consideration of excitation wavelength and flake thickness, as commonly used previously.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0001299; AC05-00OR22725l; EFRI-1542815
OSTI ID:
1257894
Journal Information:
Nano Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 4; ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 275 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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