First-principles study of the electronic and optical properties of Ho $$_{\text{W}}$$ W impurities in single-layer tungsten disulfide

Autor: M. A. Khan, Michael N. Leuenberger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14499-x
Popis: Abstract The electronic and optical properties of single-layer (SL) tungsten disulfide (WS $$_2$$ 2 ) in the presence of substitutional Holmium impurities (Ho $$_{\text{W}}$$ W ) are studied. Although Ho is much larger than W, density functional theory (DFT) including spin-orbit coupling is used to show that Ho:SL WS $$_2$$ 2 is stable. The magnetic moment of the Ho impurity is found to be 4.75 $$\mu _B$$ μ B using spin-dependent DFT. The optical selection rules identified in the optical spectrum match exactly the optical selection rules derived by means of group theory. The presence of neutral Ho $$_W$$ W impurities gives rise to localized impurity states (LIS) with f-orbital character in the band structure. Using the Kubo-Greenwood formula and Kohn-Sham orbitals we obtain atom-like sharp transitions in the in-plane and out-of-plane components of the susceptibility tensor, Im $$\chi _{\parallel }$$ χ ‖ and Im $$\chi _{\perp }$$ χ ⊥ . The optical resonances are in good agreement with experimental data.
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