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Tunable effective masses of magneto-excitons in two-dimensional materials

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-05-31 v1

Abstract

Excitonic properties of Ge2_2H2_2 and Sn2_2H2_2, also known as Xanes, are investigated within the effective mass model. A perpendicularly applied magnetic field induces a negative shift on the exciton center-of-mass kinetic energy that is approximately quadratic with its momentum, thus pushing down the exciton dispersion curve and flattening it. This can be interpreted as an increase in the effective mass of the magneto-exciton, tunable by the field intensity. Our results show that in low effective mass two-dimensional semiconductors, such as Xanes, the applied magnetic field allows one to tune the magneto-exciton effective mass over a wide range of values.

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@article{arxiv.2105.13867,
  title  = {Tunable effective masses of magneto-excitons in two-dimensional materials},
  author = {Andrey Chaves and F. M. Peeters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.13867},
  year   = {2021}
}