# Electron-phonon scattering effects on electronic and optical properties of orthorhombic GeS

## TL;DR

This study uses ab-initio many-body perturbation theory to analyze how electron-phonon interactions influence the electronic and optical properties of orthorhombic GeS, highlighting their importance even at very low temperatures.

## Contribution

It provides a detailed ab-initio analysis of electron-phonon coupling effects on GeS's optical properties, emphasizing their significance for understanding monochalcogenides.

## Key findings

- Electron-phonon coupling affects excitonic states in GeS.
- Vibrational modes strongly influence optical absorption peaks.
- Electron-phonon interactions are crucial even at near-zero temperature.

## Abstract

Group-VI monochalcogenides are attracting a great deal of attention due to their peculiar anisotropic properties. Very recently, it has been suggested that GeS could act as a promissory absorbing material with high input-output ratios, relevant features for designing prospective optoelectronic devices. In this work, we use the \emph{ab-initio} many body perturbation theory to study the role of the electron-phonon coupling on orthorhombic GeS. We identify the vibrational modes that efficiently couple with the electronic states responsible for giving rise to the first and second excitonic state. We also study the finite-temperature optical absorption and show that even at $T\to0K$, the role of the electron-phonon interaction is crucial to properly describe the main experimental excitation peaks position and width. Our results suggest that the electron-phonon coupling is essential to properly describe the optical properties of the monochalcogenides family.