“…A large body of research focuses on transition-metal dichalcogenides MX 2 (e.g., M = Mo,W; X = S, Se) due to their novel optical features, such as strongly bound excitons and trions, − valley-selective circular dichroism and coupling of spin and valley degrees of freedom, − and large optical absorbance by single monolayers . Likewise, the metal monochalcogenides MX (e.g., M = Ga, In; X = S, Se, Te) arouse interest for their electrical and optical properties. − In particular, gallium selenide was shown to have exceptionally large photoresponse and strong second harmonic generation . It has been successfully used in designing photodetectors and phototransistor devices by means of chemical vapor deposition or pulsed laser deposition. ,,, Gallium telluride also exhibits a large photoresponsitivity and has a smaller band gap than GaSe, making it suitable for photodetector applications …”