Phonon-exciton Interactions in WSe2 under a quantizing magnetic field

Abstract

Strong many-body interaction in two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenides provides a unique platform to study the interplay between different quasiparticles, such as prominent phonon replica emission and modified valley-selection rules. A large out-of-plane magnetic field is expected to modify the exciton-phonon interactions by quantizing excitons into discrete Landau levels, which is largely unexplored. Here, we observe the Landau levels originating from phonon-exciton complexes and directly probe exciton-phonon interaction under a quantizing magnetic field. Phonon-exciton interaction lifts the inter-Landau-level transition selection rules for dark trions, manifested by a distinctively different Landau fan pattern compared to bright trions. This allows us to experimentally extract the effective mass of both holes and electrons. The onset of Landau quantization coincides with a significant increase of the valley-Zeeman shift, suggesting strong many-body effects on the phonon-exciton interaction. Our work demonstrates monolayer WSe2 as an intriguing playground to study phonon-exciton interactions and their interplay with charge, spin, and valley.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 19, 2020
Source ID
10.1038/s41467-020-16934-x

Entities

People

  • Chenhao Jin
  • Chuanwei Zhang
  • Dmitry Smirnov
  • Kenji Watanabe
  • Mark Blei
  • Sefaattin Tongay
  • Shengnan Miao
  • Su-Fei Shi
  • Takashi Taniguchi
  • Tianmeng Wang
  • Wang Yao
  • Yunmei Li
  • Yuze Meng
  • Zhen Lian
  • Zhenguang Lu
  • Zhipeng Li

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
  • National Science Foundation

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Microelectronics
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