Bidirectional phonon emission in two-dimensional heterostructures triggered by ultrafast charge transfer

Sood, Aditya; Haber, Jonah B.; Carlström, Johan; Peterson, Elizabeth A.; Barre, Elyse; Georgaras, Johnathan D.; Reid, Alexander M.; Shen, Xiaozhe; Zajac, Marc E.; Regan, Emma C.; Yang, Jie; Taniguchi, Takashi; Watanabe, Kenji; Wang, Feng; Wang, Xijie; Neaton, Jeffrey B.; Heinz, Tony F.; Lindenberg, Aaron M.; da Jornada, Felipe H.; Raja, Archana

doi:10.1038/s41565-022-01253-7

Bidirectional phonon emission in two-dimensional heterostructures triggered by ultrafast charge transfer

Journal Article · Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Nature Nanotechnology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01253-7· OSTI ID:1972268

^[1]; Haber, Jonah B. ^[2]; Carlström, Johan ^[3]; ^[4]; Barre, Elyse ^[1]; ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[6]; ^[5]; ^[4]; Yang, Jie ^[6]; ^[7]; ^[7]; ^[2]; ^[6]; ^[4]; Heinz, Tony F. ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[5]; ^[3]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford University, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Stanford University, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan)

Photoinduced charge transfer in van der Waals heterostructures occurs on the 100 fs timescale despite weak interlayer coupling and momentum mismatch. However, little is understood about the microscopic mechanism behind this ultrafast process and the role of the lattice in mediating it. Here, using femtosecond electron diffraction, we directly visualize lattice dynamics in photoexcited heterostructures of WSe₂/WS₂ monolayers. Following the selective excitation of WSe₂, we measure the concurrent heating of both WSe₂ and WS₂ on a picosecond timescale—an observation that is not explained by phonon transport across the interface. Using first-principles calculations, we identify a fast channel involving an electronic state hybridized across the heterostructure, enabling phonon-assisted interlayer transfer of photoexcited electrons. Phonons are emitted in both layers on the femtosecond timescale via this channel, consistent with the simultaneous lattice heating observed experimentally. Taken together, this shows our work indicates strong electron–phonon coupling via layer-hybridized electronic states—a novel route to control energy transport across atomic junctions.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Department of Defense (DoD); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1972268

Journal Information:: Nature Nanotechnology, Journal Name: Nature Nanotechnology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 18; ISSN 1748-3387

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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