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Probing strong interactions in p-type few-layer WSe$_2$ by density-dependent Landau level crossing

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-10-03 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as MoS2_2 and WSe2_2 are emerging as a new platform for exploring many-body effects. Coulomb interactions are markedly enhanced in these materials because of the reduced screening and the large Wigner-Seitz radii. Although many-body excitonic effects in TMDCs have been extensively studied by optical means, not until recently did probing their strongly correlated electronic effects become possible in transport. Here, in p-type few-layer WSe2_2 we observe highly density-dependent quantum Hall states of {\Gamma} valley holes below 12 T, whose predominant sequences alternate between odd- and even-integers. By tilting the magnetic field to induce Landau level crossings, we show that the strong Coulomb interaction enhances the Zeeman-to-cyclotron energy ratio from 2.67 to 3.55 as the density is reduced from 5.7 to 4.0×\times1012^{12} cm2^{-2}, giving rise to the even-odd alternation. Unprecedentedly, this indicates a 4.8 times enhancement of the g-factor over its band theory value at a density as high as 4.0×\times1012^{12} cm2^{-2}. Our findings unambiguously demonstrate that p-type few-layer WSe2_2 is a superior platform for exploring strongly correlated electronic phenomena, opening a new perspective for realizing the elusive Wigner crystallization at a moderate density.

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@article{arxiv.1708.02909,
  title  = {Probing strong interactions in p-type few-layer WSe$_2$ by density-dependent Landau level crossing},
  author = {Shuigang Xu and Liheng An and Jiangxiazi Lin and Zefei Wu and Tianyi Han and Gen Long and Yuheng He and Zhi-qiang Bao and Fan Zhang and Ning Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.02909},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures. Main text and figures are updated