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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…

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

We report a new dark exciton in monolayer MoS$_2$ using second harmonic generation spectroscopy. Hereby, the spectrally dependent second harmonic generation intensity splits into two branches, and an anticrossing is observed at $\sim$ 25…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-22 Chenjiang Qian , Viviana Villafañe , Pedro Soubelet , Peirui Ji , Andreas V. Stier , Jonathan J. Finley

TMDCs have attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to their unique indirect to direct band gap transition from bulk to monolayer thickness. Strong confinement in the out-of-plane direction enhances the Coulomb potential between the…

MA2Z4 monolayers form a new class of hexagonal non-centrosymmetric materials hosting extraordinary spin-valley physics. While only two compounds (MoSi2N4 and WSi2N4) were recently synthesized, theory predicts interesting (opto)electronic…

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…

We investigate Landau-quantized excitonic absorption and luminescence of monolayer WSe$_2$ under magnetic field. We observe gate-dependent quantum oscillations in the bright exciton and trions (or exciton-polarons) as well as the dark…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Erfu Liu , Jeremiah van Baren , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Yia-Chung Chang , Chun Hung Lui

We investigate excitonic transitions in a h-BN encapsulated monolayer $\textrm{MoS}_2$ phototransistor by photocurrent spectroscopy at cryogenic temperature (T = 5 K). The spectra presents excitonic peaks with linewidths as low as 8 meV,…

The spectral signatures associated with different negatively charged exciton complexes (trions) in a WS$_2$ monolayer encapsulated in hBN, are analyzed from low temperature and polarization resolved reflectance contrast (RC) and…

Monolayer SnS2 has emerged as a promising visible-light photocatalyst for photoelectrochemical applications, owing to its strong optical absorption in the visible range and excellent chemical stability. Despite its reduced dimensionality -…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 Vinicius Alves Bastos , Fulvio Paleari , Eleonora Luppi , Marco Gibertini , Alice Ruini

Monolayer C$_3$N is an emerging two-dimensional indirect band gap semiconductor with interesting mechanical, thermal, and electronic properties. In this work we present a description of C$_3$N electronic and dielectric properties, focusing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Miki Bonacci , Matteo Zanfrognini , Elisa Molinari , Alice Ruini , Marilia J. Caldas , Andrea Ferretti , Daniele Varsano

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) have immense potential for future spintronic and valleytronic applications due to their two-dimensional nature and long spin/valley lifetimes. We investigate the origin of these long-lived…

Monolayers of group-VI transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are two-dimensional semiconductors that exhibit exceptionally strong light-matter coupling yet typically suffer from low emission quantum yields. In this letter, we investigate…

Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides are ideal materials to control both spin and valley degrees of freedom either electrically or optically. Nevertheless, optical excitation mostly generates excitons species with inherently short…

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) hold great promise for future information processing applications utilizing a combination of electron spin and valley pseudospin. This unique spin system has led to observation of the valley…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-30 T. P. Lyons , S. Dufferwiel , M. Brooks , F. Withers , T. Taniguchi , K. Watanabe , K. S. Novoselov , G. Burkard , A. I. Tartakovskii

The fine structure of the exciton spectrum, containing optically allowed (bright) and forbidden (dark) exciton states, determines the radiation efficiency in nanostructures. We study time-resolved micro-photoluminescence in MoS$_2$…

Excitons dominate the optical response of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. Strong interactions produce peculiar excitonic complexes, which provide a testing ground for exciton and quantum many-body theories. Here, we report a hitherto…

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers are two-dimensional semiconductors with two valleys in their band structure that can be selectively addressed using circularly polarized light. Their photoluminescence spectrum is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-26 Joris J. Carmiggelt , Michael Borst , Toeno van der Sar

Spin-forbidden intravalley dark exciton in tungsten-based transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), owing to its unique spin texture and long lifetime, has attracted intense research interest. Here, we show that we can control the dark…

Excitons and trions (or exciton-polarons) in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are known to decay predominantly through intravalley transitions. Electron-hole recombination across different valleys can also play a significant role in…