Related papers: Valley depolarization in monolayer WSe2
We developed a comprehensive theoretical framework focusing on many-body effects of exciton species in monolayer WS$_2$, including bright and dark excitons, and intra- and inter-valley biexcitons, to investigate valley dynamics in monolayer…
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures (HSs) provide a versatile platform for tailoring electronic, optical, and magnetic properties via proximity effects at their interfaces. In this work, we explore the optical response…
The time-resolved angle-resolved photoemission spectra of WSe$_2$, a paradigmatic transition metal dichalcogenide, are dominated by a transient signal that, after being initially observed in the gap at the K valley, scatters, on an…
Interlayer valley excitons in bilayer MoS2 feature concurrently large oscillator strength and long lifetime, and hence represent an advantageous scenario for valleytronic applications. However, control of valley pseudospin of interlayer…
So far, selective excitation of a desired valley in the Brillouin zone of a hexagonal two-dimensional material has relied on using circularly polarized fields. We theoretically demonstrate a way to induce, control, and read valley…
Exploiting the valley degree of freedom to store and manipulate information provides a novel paradigm for future electronics. A monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) with broken inversion symmetry possesses two degenerate yet…
Coulomb interaction between electrons lies at the heart of magnetism in solids. In contrast to conventional two-dimensional (2D) systems, electrons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) possess coupled spin and valley degrees…
By enabling control of valley degrees of freedom in transition-metal dichalcogenides, valley-selective circular dichroism has become a key concept in valleytronics. In this manuscript, we show that valley excitons -- bound electron-hole…
Electron valleys in transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers drive novel physics and allow designing multifunctional architectures for applications. We propose to manipulate the electron valleys in these systems for spin/valley filter and…
Tungsten-based monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides host a long-lived dark exciton, an electron-hole pair in a spin-triplet configuration. The long lifetime and unique spin properties of the dark exciton provide exciting opportunities…
In the archetypal monolayer semiconductor WSe$_2$, the distinct ordering of spin-polarized valleys (low-energy pockets) in the conduction band allows for studies of not only simple neutral excitons and charged excitons (i.e., trions), but…
We show that excitons and free carriers in K and K' valleys of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers can be entangled with respect to their valley degree of freedom by absorbing linearly polarized single photons. This effect does not…
Increasing the speed limits of conventional electronics requires innovative approaches to manipulate other quantum properties of electrons besides their charge. An alternative approach utilizes the valley degree of freedom in…
Based on a Dirac-like Hamiltonian and coherent scattering formalism, we study spin-valley transport and Goos-H\"{a}nchen like (GHL) effect of transmitted and reflected electrons in a gated monolayer WS$_2$. Our results show that the lateral…
Layered 2D van der Waals materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides, are promising for nanoscale spintronic and optoelectronic applications. Harnessing their full potential requires understanding both intrinsic transport and the…
Valley selective hybridization and residual coupling of electronic states in commensurate van der Waals heterobilayers enable the control of the orbital character of interlayer excitons. We demonstrate electric field control of layer index,…
Valleytronics targets the exploitation of the additional degrees of freedom in materials where the energy of the carriers may assume several equal minimum values (valleys) at non-equivalent points of the reciprocal space. In single layers…
In monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) the valence and conduction bands are spin split because of the strong spin-orbit interaction. In tungsten-based TMDs the spin-ordering of the conduction band is such that the so-called…
We develop a theory of circular photogalvanic effect in non-gyrotropic two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers under interband optical transitions. Oblique incidence of circularly-polarized electromagnetic field or normal…
Valleytronics rooted in the valley degree of freedom is of both theoretical and technological importance as it offers additional opportunities for information storage and electronic, magnetic and optical switches. In analogy to…