Two-Dimensional Analysis of the Double-Resonant 2D Raman Mode in Bilayer Graphene

Abstract

By computing the double-resonant Raman scattering cross section completely from first principles and including the electron-electron interaction at the GW level, we unravel the dominant contributions for the double-resonant 2D mode in bilayer graphene. We show that, in contrast to previous works, the so-called inner processes are dominant and that the 2D-mode line shape is described by three dominant resonances around the K point. We show that the splitting of the transversal optical (TO) phonon branch in the Γ-K direction, as large as 12 cm(-1) in the GW approximation, is of great importance for a thorough description of the 2D-mode line shape. Finally, we present a method to extract the TO phonon splitting and the splitting of the electronic bands from experimental data.