Trion valley coherence in monolayer semiconductors

Hao, Kai; Xu, Lixiang; Wu, Fengcheng; Nagler, Philipp; Tran, Kha; Ma, Xin; Schüller, Christian; Korn, Tobias; MacDonald, Allan H.; Moody, Galan; Li, Xiaoqin

doi:10.1088/2053-1583/aa70f9

Trion valley coherence in monolayer semiconductors

Journal Article · Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · 2D Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa70f9· OSTI ID:1463270

Hao, Kai ^[1]; Xu, Lixiang ^[2]; Wu, Fengcheng ^[2]; Nagler, Philipp ^[3]; Tran, Kha ^[2]; Ma, Xin ^[2]; Schüller, Christian ^[3]; Korn, Tobias ^[3]; MacDonald, Allan H. ^[2]; Moody, Galan ^[4]; Li, Xiaoqin ^[2]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); OSTI
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of Regensburg (Germany)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)

The emerging field of valleytronics aims to exploit the valley pseudospin of electrons residing near Bloch band extrema as an information carrier. Recent experiments demonstrating optical generation and manipulation of exciton valley coherence (the superposition of electron-hole pairs at opposite valleys) in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide a critical step towards control of this quantum degree of freedom. The charged exciton (trion) in TMDs is an intriguing alternative to the neutral exciton for control of valley pseudospin because of its long spontaneous recombination lifetime, its robust valley polarization, and its coupling to residual electronic spin. Trion valley coherence has however been unexplored due to experimental challenges in accessing it spectroscopically. In this work, we employ ultrafast two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy to resonantly generate and detect trion valley coherence in monolayer MoSe₂ demonstrating that it persists for a few-hundred femtoseconds. We conclude that the underlying mechanisms limiting trion valley coherence are fundamentally different from those applicable to exciton valley coherence.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1463270

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22800922

Journal Information:: 2D Materials, Journal Name: 2D Materials Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 4; ISSN 2053-1583

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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