Increasing optical absorption in one-dimensional photonic crystals including MoS2 monolayer for photovoltaics applications

Investigation of optical absorption of monolayer Molybdenum disulfide, MoS2, has attracted intense attention for its application in the visible optoelectronic and photonic elements. In this paper, one-dimensional photonic crystals (1DPCs) including MoS2 monolayer are designed toward increasing the optical absorption. Reflection and absorption spectra for TE and TM modes are calculated by transfer matrix method (TMM) for different designs. We found that the optical absorption wavelength of designed structures can be tuned by changing the number of period or using of different materials in the 1DPC.