Trion-Induced Negative Photoconductivity in Monolayer
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); MIT
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
We report that optical excitation typically enhances electrical conduction and low-frequency radiation absorption in semiconductors. We, however, observe a pronounced transient decrease of conductivity in doped monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor, using ultrafast optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy. In particular, the conductivity is reduced to only 30% of its equilibrium value at high pump fluence. This anomalous phenomenon arises from the strong many-body interactions in the 2D system, where photoexcited electron-hole pairs join the doping-induced charges to form trions, bound states of two electrons and one hole. Finally, the resultant increase of the carrier effective mass substantially diminishes the conductivity.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0006423
- OSTI ID:
- 1505762
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1180980
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 113; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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