Resonant Raman spectra of single layer WS2 flakes are presented. A second order Raman peak (2LA) appears under resonant excitation with a separation from the E2g1 mode of only 4cm−1. Depending on the intensity ratio and the respective line widths of these two peaks, any analysis which neglects the presence of the 2LA mode can lead to an inaccurate estimation of the position of the E2g1 mode, leading to a potentially incorrect assignment for the number of layers. Our results show that the intensity of the 2LA mode strongly depends on the angle between the linear polarization of the excitation and detection, a parameter which is neglected in many Raman studies.
@article{arxiv.1406.3511,
title = {Second order resonant Raman scattering in single layer tungsten disulfide (WS$_{2}$)},
author = {A. A. Mitioglu and P. Plochocka and G. Deligeorgis and S. Anghel and L. Kulyuk and D. K. Maude},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3511},
year = {2014}
}