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Atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductor nanomaterials have attained considerable attention currently. We here theoretically investigate the phenomena of slow and superluminal light based on the MoS2 resonator system driven by two-tone fields. Superluminal and ultraslow probe light without absorption can be obtained via manipulating the pump laser on- and off-resonant with the exciton frequency under different parameters regimes, respectively, of which the magnitude is larger than that in a carbon nanotube resonator. The bandwidth of the probe spectrum determined by the quality factor Q of MoS2 resonator is also presented. Furthermore, we also demonstrate the phenomenon of phonon induced transparency and show an optical transistor in the system. The all-optical device based on MoS2 resonator may indicate potential chip-scale applications in quantum information with the currently popular pump-probe technology.
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Huajun Chen is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11647001 and 11804004) and the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant No. 1708085QA11).
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Chen, H. Manipulation of Coherent Optical Propagation Based on Monolayer MoS2 Resonator. Photonic Sens 9, 317–326 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-019-0535-z
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