The optical properties of the two-dimensional (2D) crystals are dominated by
tightly bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) and lattice vibration modes
(phonons). The exciton-phonon interaction is fundamentally important to
understand the optical properties of 2D materials and thus help develop
emerging 2D crystal based optoelectronic devices. Here, we presented the
excitonic resonant Raman scattering (RRS) spectra of few-layer WS2 excited
by 11 lasers lines covered all of A, B and C exciton transition energies at
different sample temperatures from 4 to 300 K. As a result, we are not only
able to probe the forbidden phonon modes unobserved in ordinary Raman
scattering, but also can determine the bright and dark state fine structures of
1s A exciton. In particular, we also observed the quantum interference between
low-energy discrete phonon and exciton continuum under resonant excitation. Our
works pave a way to understand the exciton-phonon coupling and many-body
effects in 2D materials.Comment: 14 pages, 11 figure