Signatures of sub-band excitons in few-layer black phosphorus
arXiv:2104.13120 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.165428
Abstract
Recent experimental measurements of light absorption in few-layer black phosphorus (BP) reveal a series of high and sharp peaks, interspersed by pairs of lower and broader features. Here, we propose a theoretical model for these excitonic states in few-layer black phosphorus (BP) within a continuum approach for the in-plane degrees of freedom and a tight-binding approximation that accounts for inter-layer couplings. This yields excitonic transitions between different combinations of the sub-bands created by the coupled BP layers, which leads to a series of high and low oscillator strength excitonic states, consistent with the experimentally observed bright and dark exciton peaks, respectively. The main characteristics of such sub-band exciton states, as well as the possibility to control their energies and oscillator strengths via applied electric and magnetic fields, are discussed, towards a full understanding of the excitonic spectrum of few-layer BP and its tunability.
arXiv commentto appear in Phys. Rev. B
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