English
Related papers

Related papers: Strain-induced exciton mobility in layered WS2 fro…

200 papers

Emergence of topological states in strongly correlated systems, particularly two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides, offers a platform for manipulating electronic properties in quantum materials. However, a comprehensive…

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) constitute a versatile platform for atomically thin optoelectronics devices and spin-valley memory applications. In monolayers optical absorption is strong, but the transition energy is not tunable as…

Excitons in atomically-thin semiconductors necessarily lie close to a surface, and therefore their properties are expected to be strongly influenced by the surrounding dielectric environment. However, systematic studies exploring this role…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-06 Andreas V. Stier , Nathan P. Wilson , Genevieve Clark , Xiaodong Xu , Scott A. Crooker

The optical properties of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) feature prominent excitonic natures. Here we report an experimental approach toward measuring the exciton binding energy of monolayer WS2 with linear differential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-27 Bairen Zhu , Xi Chen , Xiaodong Cui

We investigate how external screening shapes excitons in two-dimensional (2d) semiconductors embedded in laterally structured dielectric environments. An atomic scale view of these elementary excitations is developed using models which…

Excitons, composite electron-hole quasiparticles, are known to play an important role in optoelectronic phenomena in many semiconducting materials. Recent experiments and theory indicate that the band-gap optics of the newly discovered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Yuri N. Gartstein , Xiao Li , Chuanwei Zhang

Excitons are composite bosons that can feature spin singlet and triplet states. In usual semiconductors, without an additional spin-flip mechanism, triplet excitons are extremely inefficient optical emitters. Large spin-orbit coupling in…

We investigate the optical properties of interlayer excitons in heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides where moir\'e pattern is introduced by heterostrain, in comparison with that introduced by twisting (and/or lattice mismatch).…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-20 Huiyuan Zheng , Dawei Zhai , Wang Yao

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are direct gap semiconductors emerging promising applications in diverse optoelectronic devices. To improve performance, recent investigations have been systematically focused on the tuning…

Exciton transport in 2D semiconductors holds promise for room-temperature, ultra-compact optoelectronic devices, but it is limited by short propagation distances. Hybridization of excitons with cavity photons to form exciton-polaritons can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Jamie M. Fitzgerald , Roberto Rosati , Ermin Malic

Twisted multilayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a promising platform for realizing topological exciton phases. Here we propose that twisted TMD heterotrilayers WX$_2$/MX$_2$/WX$_2$ with layer symmetry represents a realistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Ze-Hong Guo , Tao Yan , Jin-Zhu Zhao , Yuan-Jun Jin , Qizhong Zhu

We theoretically investigate the corrections of exciton binding energy in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) due to the exciton-optical phonon coupling in the Fr$\ddot{o}$hlich interaction model by using the linear operator…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Zi-Wu Wang , Yao Xiao , Wei-Ping Li , Run-Ze Li , Zhi-Qing Li

Photoluminescence (PL) of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers is strongly influenced by the dielectric environment. The defect states present in the substrate induces uncontrollable doping in the TMD monolayer and thereby…

Transitions metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are direct semiconductors in the atomic monolayer (ML) limit with fascinating optical and spin-valley properties. The strong optical absorption of up to 20 % for a single ML is governed by excitons,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 B. Han , C. Robert , E. Courtade , M. Manca , S. Shree , T. Amand , P. Renucci , T. Taniguchi , K. Watanabe , X. Marie , L. E. Golub , M. M. Glazov , B. Urbaszek

Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides are direct gap semiconductors with great promise for optoelectronic devices. Although spatial correlation of electrons and holes plays a key role, there is little experimental information on such…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-23 A. T. Hanbicki , M. Currie , G. Kioseoglou , A. L. Friedman , B. T. Jonker

Exciton resonances in monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide exceptionally strong light-matter interaction at room temperature. Their spectral line shape is critical in the design of a myriad of optoelectronic devices,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Jorik van de Groep , Qitong Li , Jung-Hwan Song , Pieter G. Kik , Mark L. Brongersma

Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising for optoelectronic applications due to their strongly bound excitons. While bright excitons have been thoroughly scrutinized, dark excitons are much less…

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…

Transport of elementary excitations is a fundamental property of 2D semiconductors, important for wide-ranging emergent phenomena and device applications. While exciton transport reported in 2D materials barely exceeds 1-2 $\mu$m, coherent…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-03 Xin Xie , Qiuyang Li , Chenxi Liu , Yuze Liu , Chulwon Lee , Kai Sun , Hui Deng

The vertical stacking of two-dimensional materials into heterostructures gives rise to a plethora of intriguing optoelectronic properties and presents an unprecedented potential for technological development. While much progress has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-27 Joshua J. P. Thompson , Victoria Lumsargis , Maja Feierabend , Quichen Zhao , Kang Wang , Letian Dou , Libai Huang , Ermin Malic