Excitonic effect on two-photon absorption of two-dimensional semiconductors: Theory and applications to MoS2 and WS2 monolayers

Abstract

Based on the Bethe-Salpeter equation eigenstates, we present a first-principles many-body formalism for calculating the two-photon absorption (TPA) coefficient of semiconductors. We apply this formalism to calculate the TPA spectra of MoS2 and WS2 monolayers. The all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave based functions are used for solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation. The calculated spectra are in good agreement with the available experimental ones for WS2 monolayer. The calculated TPA spectra exhibit significant excitonic effects when compared to those based on the independent particle approximation. The physical origin of TPA excitonic transitions of MoS2 and WS2 monolayers are revealed by tracing the sum-over-states process. We show that the spin-orbit coupling effect leads to characteristic double peaks with an interval of half spin-orbit splitting energy. These double peaks mainly originate from the transitions at the vicinity of K point.

arXiv comment16 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables

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