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Magnetic field dependence of electronic properties of MoS$_2$ quantum dots with different edges

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-04-04 v1

Abstract

Using the tight-binding approach, we investigate the energy spectrum of square, triangular and hexagonal MoS2_2 quantum dots (QDs) in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. Novel edge states emerge in MoS2_2 QDs, which are distributed over the whole edge which we call ring states. The ring states are robust in the presence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC). The corresponding energy levels of the ring states oscillate as function of the perpendicular magnetic field which are related to Aharonov-Bohm oscillations. Oscillations in the magnetic field dependence of the energy levels and the peaks in the magneto-optical spectrum emerge (disappear) as the ring states are formed (collapsed). The period and the amplitude of the oscillation decreases with the size of the MoS2_2 QDs.

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@article{arxiv.1802.09584,
  title  = {Magnetic field dependence of electronic properties of MoS$_2$ quantum dots with different edges},
  author = {Q. Chen and L. L. Li and F. M. Peeters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.09584},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

11 pages, 9 figures, Accepted by Phys. Rev. B