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Resonant-Raman study of Fröhlich exciton–phonon interaction in WS2 nanostructures

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Raman spectroscopy has been widely used as an effective tool to characterize two-dimensional transition metal-dichalcogenides. Here we report a comparative study of the Fröhlich exciton–phonon interaction in monolayer (ML), bilayer (BL) and spiral (SPI) \(\hbox {WS}_{2}\) nanostructures using angle-dependent polarized Raman (ADPR) and helicity-resolved Raman (HRR) measurements. HRR measurements show that the Raman modes maintain the helicity of the incident photons in all the three structures studied, which suggests that with resonance excitation, the Raman selection rules are seemingly violated due to the strong Fröhlich exciton–phonon interaction. Using ADPR measurements, we deduce the ratio of Raman tensor elements for the \(E_{2g}^{1}\) mode for the different nanostructures.

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RNK acknowledges the funding support by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, India, through the Research Grant No.s CRG/2019/004865 and IPA/2020/000021.

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PKB performed the Raman, characterization measurements and data analysis. PVS prepared the samples using the CVD method. MMS supervised the material growth and nanostructure design. RNK supervised the measurements and analysis. PKB wrote the manuscript with inputs from all authors.

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Barman, P.K., Sarma, P.V., Shaijumon, M.M. et al. Resonant-Raman study of Fröhlich exciton–phonon interaction in WS2 nanostructures. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 231, 743–748 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00389-2

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