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Coherent electron dynamics in monolayer $\text{MoS}_2$ under ultrashort optical pulse

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-06-24 v1

Abstract

A theoretical investigation on the coherent Dirac-like quasiparticle dynamics in monolayer MoS2\text{MoS}_2 under an ultrashort optical pulse irradiation is presented. Particularly, we remain specific features of ML-MDS associated with the mass asymmetry α\alpha and topological aspect β\beta parameters resulting in Schro..\stackrel{..}{\text{o}}dinger type wavevector of charge carriers. The direct band gap, spin-resolved valence band spilitting and valley degeneracy breaking due to strong spin-orbit coupling affect ultrafast dynamics of Dirac fermions. Because the duration of the optical pulse is less than the electron scattering time, which is 10100 fs\sim 10-100\ fs, the electron dynamics in electric field of the optical pulse is coherent, and consequently, we can describe the coupling of electron with strong electromagnetic field by the time-dependent Schro..\stackrel{..}{\text{o}}dinger equation. The conduction band and valence band coupling via the strong electric field of pulse (0.22.5 V/A˚0.2-2.5 \ V/\text{\AA}) gives rise to appearance of a dipole moment during the pulse is applied. We find that the dipole is complex, originating from the existence of band gap. We show an asymmetric singularities in Dirac points for absolute of dipole moment. We solve the resulting coupled evolution equations for the expansion coefficient of valence and conduction bands to obtain probability of population transition between valence and conduction bands. The irreversible electron dynamics as a key feature of two-dimensional Dirac matters in interacting with an ultrashort pulse strongly depends on the electronic structure of MoS2\text{MoS}_2. Furthermore, we present conduction band population distribution with an asymmetric exhibition at the each pair of Dirac points (KK and KK'), when the pulse ends. This leads to valley polarization effect.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04611,
  title  = {Coherent electron dynamics in monolayer $\text{MoS}_2$ under ultrashort optical pulse},
  author = {Sina Pashalou and Hadi Goudarzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04611},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages, 17 figures