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Optical signature of symmetry variations and spin-valley coupling in atomically thin tungsten dichalcogenides.


ABSTRACT: We report systematic optical studies of WS2 and WSe2 monolayers and multilayers. The efficiency of second harmonic generation shows a dramatic even-odd oscillation with the number of layers, consistent with the presence (absence) of inversion symmetry in even-layer (odd-layer). Photoluminescence (PL) measurements show the crossover from an indirect band gap semiconductor at multilayers to a direct-gap one at monolayers. A hot luminescence peak (B) is observed at ~0.4 eV above the prominent band edge peak (A) in all samples. The magnitude of A-B splitting is independent of the number of layers and coincides with the spin-valley coupling strength in monolayers. Ab initio calculations show that this thickness independent splitting pattern is a direct consequence of the giant spin-valley coupling which fully suppresses interlayer hopping at valence band edge near K points because of the sign change of the spin-valley coupling from layer to layer in the 2H stacking order.

SUBMITTER: Zeng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3622914 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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