Disorder-dependent valley properties in monolayer WS e2

Kha Tran, Akshay Singh, Joe Seifert, Yiping Wang, Kai Hao, Jing-Kai Huang, Lain-Jong Li, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Xiaoqin Li*

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Abstract

We investigate the effect of disorder on exciton valley polarization and valley coherence in monolayer WSe2. By analyzing the polarization properties of photoluminescence, the valley coherence (VC) and valley polarization (VP) are quantified across the inhomogeneously broadened exciton resonance. We find that disorder plays a critical role in the exciton VC, while affecting VP less. For different monolayer samples with disorder characterized by their Stokes shift (SS), VC decreases in samples with higher SS while VP does not follow a simple trend. These two methods consistently demonstrate that VC as defined by the degree of linearly polarized photoluminescence is more sensitive to disorder, motivating further theoretical studies. © 2017 American Physical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Article number041302
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes

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