Optical properties of single-layer and bilayer arsenene phases
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An extensive investigation of the optical properties of single-layer buckled and washboard arsenene and their bilayers was performed, starting from layered three-dimensional crystalline phase of arsenic using density functional and many-body perturbation theories combined with random phase approximation. Electron-hole interactions were taken into account by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation, suggesting first bound exciton energies on the order of 0.7 eV. Thus, many-body effects were found to be crucial for altering the optical properties of arsenene. The light absorption of single-layer and bilayer arsenene structures in general falls within the visible-ultraviolet spectral regime. Moreover, directional anisotropy, varying the number of layers, and applying homogeneous or uniaxial in-plane tensile strain were found to modify the optical properties of two-dimensional arsenene phases, which could be useful for diverse photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications.