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Trion-Induced Negative Photoconductivity in Monolayer MoS2

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3]
  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); MIT
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  4. 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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