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Strain fingerprinting of exciton valley character in 2D semiconductors

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  • Abhijeet M. Kumar

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Denis Yagodkin

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Roberto Rosati

    (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

  • Douglas J. Bock

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Christoph Schattauer

    (TU Wien)

  • Sarah Tobisch

    (TU Wien)

  • Joakim Hagel

    (Chalmers University of Technology)

  • Bianca Höfer

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Jan N. Kirchhof

    (Freie Universität Berlin
    Delft University of Technology)

  • Pablo Hernández López

    (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)

  • Kenneth Burfeindt

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Sebastian Heeg

    (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)

  • Cornelius Gahl

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Florian Libisch

    (TU Wien)

  • Ermin Malic

    (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

  • Kirill I. Bolotin

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

Abstract

Intervalley excitons with electron and hole wavefunctions residing in different valleys determine the long-range transport and dynamics observed in many semiconductors. However, these excitons with vanishing oscillator strength do not directly couple to light and, hence, remain largely unstudied. Here, we develop a simple nanomechanical technique to control the energy hierarchy of valleys via their contrasting response to mechanical strain. We use our technique to discover previously inaccessible intervalley excitons associated with K, Γ, or Q valleys in prototypical 2D semiconductors WSe2 and WS2. We also demonstrate a new brightening mechanism, rendering an otherwise “dark” intervalley exciton visible via strain-controlled hybridization with an intravalley exciton. Moreover, we classify various localized excitons from their distinct strain response and achieve large tuning of their energy. Overall, our valley engineering approach establishes a new way to identify intervalley excitons and control their interactions in a diverse class of 2D systems.

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  • Abhijeet M. Kumar & Denis Yagodkin & Roberto Rosati & Douglas J. Bock & Christoph Schattauer & Sarah Tobisch & Joakim Hagel & Bianca Höfer & Jan N. Kirchhof & Pablo Hernández López & Kenneth Burfeindt, 2024. "Strain fingerprinting of exciton valley character in 2D semiconductors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-51195-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51195-y
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