Spectrally Tunable, Large Raman
Enhancement from Nonradiative Energy Transfer in van der Waals Heterostructure
Medha Dandu,
†Kenji Watanabe,
‡Takashi Taniguchi,
‡Ajay K. Sood,
¶and Kausik Majumdar
∗,††Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
‡National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-044, Japan
¶Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India E-mail: kausikm@iisc.ac.in
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11 nm
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J
1J
2Figure S1: Optical images and AFM of samples J1 and J2. (a,b) Optical images of WS2/SnSe2 sample, J1 and MoS2/SnSe2 sample, J2. Dashed lines highlight 1L-TMD (pink) and SnSe2 (green) regions. Scale bar is 5 µm. (c,d) Step height proles of SnSe2 along the white arrows in (a,b) obtained from AFM scans.
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8 nm
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40 nm
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Figure S2: Optical images and AFM of MoS2/SnSe2 samples. Optical images of MoS2/SnSe2 samples and corresponding AFM step height proles along the white arrows in optical images depicting the thickness of SnSe2. Scale bar is5 µm.
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B A B
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hBN on top
15 nm 9 nm
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3 6 9 12
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Distance (m) 9.8 nm
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Distance (m) 9 nm
13.2 nm
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Figure S3: Optical images and AFM of MoS2/hBN/SnSe2 samples. Left panel shows the optical images of MoS2/hBN/SnSe2 samples. Scale bar is 5 µm. Dashed lines highlight the regions of MoS2 (pink), hBN (yellow) and SnSe2 (green) regions. Middle panel shows the corresponding AFM step height proles of hBN along the yellow arrow in optical images. Right panel shows the corresponding AFM step height proles along the white arrow in optical images from which SnSe2 thickness is extracted.
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Distance (mm)
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Thickness (nm)
Distance (mm) 18 nm
8.5 nm
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Distance (mm) 35nm
25nm
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Figure S4: Optical images and AFM of MoS2/hBN samples. Optical images of MoS2/hBN samples (left panel) with the corresponding AFM step height proles of hBN (right panel) along the yellow arrow in optical images. Scale bar is 5 µm. Region of hBN (MoS2) is marked with yellow (pink) dashed line in optical images.
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PL intensity ratio Raman intensity ratio
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1L-MoS2/SnSe2
1L-MoS2
A1g peak position (cm-1)
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A1g FWHM (cm-1)
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A1g peak position (cm-1)
Thickness of SnSe2 (nm)
5 10 15
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A1g FWHM (cm-1)
Thickness of SnSe2 (nm) 633 nm
633 nm 633 nm
532 nm 532 nm
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E1 2g peak position (cm-1)
Thickness of SnSe2 (nm) 532 nm
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Figure S5: Raman characterization from MoS2/SnSe2 samples. (a,b) MoS2 A1g peak position and FWHM with 633 nm excitation from isolated (blue) and junction (green) regions. (c) PL intensity ratio versus Raman intensity ratio across dierent MoS2/SnSe2 samples under 633 nm excitation emphasizing contribution of NRET and dierence in their enhancement factors. (d,e) Peak position and FWHM of MoS2 A1g with532 nm excitation.
(f) MoS2 E2g1 peak position from isolated and junction regions from532 nm Raman spectra.
1.8 2.0 2.2
R/R of SnSe
2Energy (eV) 12 nm SnSe2 at 4 K
Figure S6: Dierential reectance spectroscopy on SnSe2. Broad ∆RR spectra of12 nm SnSe2 from dierential reectance spectroscopy at 4K.
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532 nm PL
A1s peak position (eV)
Temperature (K)
243 K 453 K
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Figure S7: Temperature dependent Dierential reectance spectroscopy on WS2 in sample J1. (a)∆RR spectra from isolated WS2at dierent temperatures from243K to453 K which represent shift ofA1sexciton peak. (b) Temperature versusA1speak energy contour plot from WS2 ∆RR spectra where blue region depicts the ∆RR minima. (c)A1s peak position as a function of temperature extracted from ∆RR minima and 532nm PL. (d) Strength of ∆RR minima as a function of temperature which shows relative similar oscillator strength of WS2
from243 K to 453 K.
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WS2/SnSe2 WS2
A1g Total FWHM (cm-1)
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PL Intensity Ratio at 1.9426 eV
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1.00 WS2/SnSe2
Normalized PL Intensity at 1.96 eV
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PL intensity (x103 counts)
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50 WS2 532 nm A1s peak Linear fit
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Figure S8: Temperature dependent Raman and PL characterization of WS2/SnSe2 sample, J1. (a,b) Temperature versus WS2 A1g FWHM and position on isolated (blue) and junction (green) regions from 633 nm excitation. (c) FWHM of WS2 A1s exciton as a function of temperature and the corresponding linear t. (d) 633 nm PL intensity ratio (at 1.9426 eV) of WS2/SnSe2 which exhibits modulation with temperature similar to ηN RET discussed in the main text. (e) Normalized532 nm PL intensity at 1.96 eV exhibiting maximum at the temperature close to 633 nm excitation resonance. (f) Exciton (X) and Trion (T) peak intensities as a function of temperature with 532 nm excitation.
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2 3 4 J1
J3
Raman intensity Ratio
Exciton peak position (eV) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
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Thickness (nm)
Distance (mm) 10.5 nm
J3
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Figure S9: Raman enhancement characteristics of another WS2/SnSe2 sample, J3. (a) Optical image of J3 with WS2 and SnSe2 marked by pink and green dashed lines respectively. Scale bar is5µm. (b) SnSe2 thickness prole from AFM along the white arrow in (a). (c) 633 nm WS2 Raman intensity ratio as a function of exciton peak position from
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 Energy (eV)
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 Energy (eV)
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 Energy (eV)
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 Energy (eV)
T = 293 K
T = 423 K
T = 453 K
T
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T
X
X
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1.96 eV
T X
T = 243 K
Figure S10: Temperature dependent PL spectra of isolated WS2 from WS2/SnSe2 sample, J1. PL spectra obtained from 532 nm excitation of isolated WS2
at four dierent temperatures with corresponding tting of exciton (X) and trion (T) peaks.