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Response of the monolayer molybdenum disulfide to external circularly and/or elliptically polarized electromagnetic fields

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Based on the intersubband transition theorem of the semiconductors, we have theoretically investigated the optical dielectric function, absorption spectrum, and reflectivity of the monolayer molybdenum disulfide (\(\hbox {MoS}_2\)) under the irradiation of a circularly and/or elliptically polarized light. The resonance frequency of the absorption spectrum and reflectivity has been observed to be same with that of the real and imaginary part of the dielectric functions, while the amplitude of the resonance peaks becomes higher with the increase of the amplitude ratio of the polarized light. The monolayer \(\hbox {MoS}_2\) should be more sensitive to the linearly polarized electromagnetic fields, especially to the transversally polarized light. The obtained results may be useful in the design of the spintronic and optoelectronic devices based on \(\hbox {MoS}_2\).

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11664010 and 11264013), the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 2017JJ2217 and 12JJ4003), the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department of China (Grant No. 14B148), the Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province, the Innovation Project for Postgraduate of Hunan Province (Grant No. CX2015B549), and the Research Program of Jishou University (Grant Nos. JGY201763 and Jdy16021).

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  2. Key Laboratory of Mineral Cleaner Production and Exploit of Green Functional Materials in Hunan Province, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China

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Zhang, X., Liao, W., Bao, H. et al. Response of the monolayer molybdenum disulfide to external circularly and/or elliptically polarized electromagnetic fields. Appl. Phys. A 124, 354 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1776-1

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