Anisotropic behavior of excitons in single-crystal α-SnS

Autor: Van Long Le, Do Duc Cuong, Hoang Tung Nguyen, Xuan Au Nguyen, Bogyu Kim, Kyujin Kim, Wonjun Lee, Soon Cheol Hong, Tae Jung Kim, Young Dong Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 10, Iss 10, Pp 105003-105003-6 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/5.0021690
Popis: We investigate analytically the anisotropic dielectric properties of single-crystal α-SnS near the fundamental absorption edge by considering atomic orbitals. Most striking is the excitonic feature in the armchair- (b-) axis direction, which is particularly prominent at low temperatures. To determine the origin of this anisotropy, we perform first-principles calculations using the GW0 Bethe–Salpeter equation including the electron–hole interaction. The results show that the anisotropic dielectric characteristics are a direct result of the natural anisotropy of p orbitals. In particular, this dominant excitonic feature originates from the py orbital at the saddle point in the Γ–Y region.
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