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Exciton dissociation plays a crucial role in the performance of optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In this work, we investigate the effect of an in-plane electric field on the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-11 Tao Zhu , Chenhang Zheng , Lei Xu , Ming Yang

Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently emerged as possible candidates for valleytronic applications, as the spin and valley pseudospin are directly coupled and stabilized by a large spin splitting. In these…

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers are direct bandgap semiconductors that feature tightly bound excitons, strong spin-orbit coupling, and spin-valley degrees of freedom. Depending on the spin configuration of the electron-hole…

Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoSe$_2$ and WSe$_2$, exhibit unique optical and electronic properties. Vertical stacking of layers of one or more TMDs, to create heterostructures, has expanded the fields of…

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are known to be highly sensitive to externally applied tensile or compressive strain. In particular, strain can be exploited as a tool to control the optical response of TMDs. However, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-19 Zahra Khatibi , Maja Feierabend , Malte Selig , Samuel Brem , Christopher Linderälv , Paul Erhart , Ermin Malic

Optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers are controlled by the Wannier-Mott excitons forming a series of $1s$, $2s$, $2p$,... hydrogen-like states. We develop the theory of the excited excitonic states energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 M. M. Glazov , L. E. Golub , G. Wang , X. Marie , T. Amand , B. Urbaszek

Excitons in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) acquire a spin-like quantum number, a pseudospin, originating from the crystal's discrete rotational symmetry. Here, we break this symmetry using a tunable uniaxial strain, effectively…

Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (STMDC) are two-dimensional (2D) crystals characterized by electron volt size band gaps, spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and d-orbital character of its valence and conduction bands. We show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-28 A. S. Rodin , A. H. Castro Neto

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host tightly bound quasi-particles called excitons. Based on spin and momentum selection rules, these excitons can be either optically bright or dark. In tungsten-based TMDs, momentum-forbidden dark…

Monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with unique spin-valley contrasting properties and remarkably strong excitonic effects continue to be a subject of intense research interests. These model 2D…

In order to discuss the exciton fine-structure of transition-metal dichalcogenides mono-layers, excitons are first defined in the subspace of electron- and hole states, including the lowest conduction band (LCB) and the uppermost valence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-25 Pierre Gilliot , Mathieu Gallart , Bernd Hönerlage

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are characterized by relatively large carrier effective masses and suppressed screening of the Coulomb interaction, which substantially enhances the correlation effects in these structures.…

Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide a platform for realizing Wigner crystals and enable their detection via exciton spectroscopy. We develop a microscopic theoretical model for excitons interacting with the localized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-22 Haydn S. Adlong , Eugen Dizer , Richard Schmidt , Atac Imamoglu , Arthur Christianen

The ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as promising materials for various applications using two dimensional (2D) semiconductors. They have attracted increasing attention due to their unique optical properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-20 Aïda Hichri , Imen Ben Amara , Sabrine Ayari , Sihem Jaziri

Scientific curiosity to uncover original optical properties and functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors, stemming from unusual Coulomb interactions in the two-dimensional geometry and multi-valley band structure, drives the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-12 T. Jakubczyk , K. Nogajewski , M. R. Molas , M. Bartos , W. Langbein , M. Potemski , J. Kasprzak

Heterostructures of layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host long-lived, tunable excitons, making them intriguing candidates for material-based quantum information applications. Light absorption in these systems induces a…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-25 Tomer Amit , Sivan Refaely-Abramson

Rich valleytronics and diverse defect-induced or interlayer pre-bandgap excitonics have been extensively studied in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), a system with fascinating optical physics. However, more intense high-energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-02 Jinhua Hong , Masanori Koshino , Ryosuke Senga , Thomas Pichler , Hua Xu , Kazu Suenaga

Monolayer group-VIB transition metal dichalcogenides have recently emerged as a new class of semiconductors in the two-dimensional limit. The attractive properties include: the visible range direct band gap ideal for exploring…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-30 Hongyi Yu , Xiaodong Cui , Xiaodong Xu , Wang Yao

A rate equation model for the dark and bright excitons kinetics is proposed which explains the wide variation in the observed degree of circular polarization of the PL emission in different TMDs monolayers. Our work suggests that the dark…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 M. Baranowski , A. Surrente , D. K. Maude , M Ballottin , A. A. Mitioglu , P. C. M. Christianen , Y. C. Kung , D. Dumcenco , A. Kis , P Plochocka

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are direct gap semiconductors that hold great promise for advanced applications in photonics and optoelectronics. Understanding the interplay between their radiative and non-radiative…