Optical Properties of Molybdenum Disulfide $(MoS_2)$

Research of a monolayer and a bulk $MoS_2$ is reported. The room temperature Raman spectra of the natural $MoS_2$ crystals for the both resonant (632.8 nm) and the non-resonant (532 nm) excitation are presented. The apparent differences observed in the spectra from the bulk and the one monolayer $MoS_2$ are discussed. In particular, the feature due to a first order scattering involving the LA(M) phonon in the resonance Raman spectrum of the one monolayer $MoS_2$ was observed and explained in terms of the disorder in the natural crystal. The disorder is also documented by the line-shape of the room-temperature photoluminescence spectra observed from both the bulk and the one monolayer $MoS_2$.