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Title: Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Abstract

Modulation of weak interlayer interactions between quasi-two dimensional atomic planes in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) provides avenues for tuning their functional properties. Here we show that above gap optical excitation in the TMDCs leads to an unexpected large-amplitude, ultrafast compressive force between the two-dimensional layers, as probed by in situ measurements of the atomic layer spacing at femtosecond time resolution. We show that this compressive response arises from a dynamic modulation of the interlayer van der Waals interaction and that this represents the dominant light induced stress at low excitation densities. A simple analytic model predicts the magnitude and carrier density dependence of the measured strains. This work establishes a new method for dynamic, nonequilibrium tuning of correlation-driven dispersive interactions and of the optomechanical functionality of TMDC quasi-two-dimensional materials.

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  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Wesleyan Univ., Middleton, CT (United States)
  5. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  6. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  7. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  9. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  10. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
  11. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  12. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1457056
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1466353
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; SC0012509; DGE-114747; LPDS 2013-13; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 2D materials; Casimir effect; femtosecond X-ray scattering; interlayer van der Waals interactions; ultrafast; femtosecond x-ray scattering

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Mannebach, Ehren M., Nyby, Clara, Ernst, Friederike, Zhou, Yao, Tolsma, John, Li, Yao, Sher, Meng -Ju, Tung, I-Cheng, Zhou, Hua, Zhang, Qi, Seyler, Kyle L., Clark, Genevieve, Lin, Yu, Zhu, Diling, Glownia, James M., Kozina, Michael E., Song, Sanghoon, Nelson, Silke, Mehta, Apurva, Yu, Yifei, Pant, Anupum, Aslan, Ozgur Burak, Raja, Archana, Guo, Yinsheng, DiChiara, Anthony, Mao, Wendy, Cao, Linyou, Tongay, Sefaattin, Sun, Jifeng, Singh, David J., Heinz, Tony F., Xu, Xiaodong, MacDonald, Allan H., Reed, Evan, Wen, Haidan, and Lindenberg, Aaron M. Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03955.
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Mannebach, Ehren M., Nyby, Clara, Ernst, Friederike, Zhou, Yao, Tolsma, John, Li, Yao, Sher, Meng -Ju, Tung, I-Cheng, Zhou, Hua, Zhang, Qi, Seyler, Kyle L., Clark, Genevieve, Lin, Yu, Zhu, Diling, Glownia, James M., Kozina, Michael E., Song, Sanghoon, Nelson, Silke, Mehta, Apurva, Yu, Yifei, Pant, Anupum, Aslan, Ozgur Burak, Raja, Archana, Guo, Yinsheng, DiChiara, Anthony, Mao, Wendy, Cao, Linyou, Tongay, Sefaattin, Sun, Jifeng, Singh, David J., Heinz, Tony F., Xu, Xiaodong, MacDonald, Allan H., Reed, Evan, Wen, Haidan, & Lindenberg, Aaron M. Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03955
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Mannebach, Ehren M., Nyby, Clara, Ernst, Friederike, Zhou, Yao, Tolsma, John, Li, Yao, Sher, Meng -Ju, Tung, I-Cheng, Zhou, Hua, Zhang, Qi, Seyler, Kyle L., Clark, Genevieve, Lin, Yu, Zhu, Diling, Glownia, James M., Kozina, Michael E., Song, Sanghoon, Nelson, Silke, Mehta, Apurva, Yu, Yifei, Pant, Anupum, Aslan, Ozgur Burak, Raja, Archana, Guo, Yinsheng, DiChiara, Anthony, Mao, Wendy, Cao, Linyou, Tongay, Sefaattin, Sun, Jifeng, Singh, David J., Heinz, Tony F., Xu, Xiaodong, MacDonald, Allan H., Reed, Evan, Wen, Haidan, and Lindenberg, Aaron M. Thu . "Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03955. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1457056.
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@article{osti_1457056,
title = {Dynamic Optical Tuning of Interlayer Interactions in the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides},
author = {Mannebach, Ehren M. and Nyby, Clara and Ernst, Friederike and Zhou, Yao and Tolsma, John and Li, Yao and Sher, Meng -Ju and Tung, I-Cheng and Zhou, Hua and Zhang, Qi and Seyler, Kyle L. and Clark, Genevieve and Lin, Yu and Zhu, Diling and Glownia, James M. and Kozina, Michael E. and Song, Sanghoon and Nelson, Silke and Mehta, Apurva and Yu, Yifei and Pant, Anupum and Aslan, Ozgur Burak and Raja, Archana and Guo, Yinsheng and DiChiara, Anthony and Mao, Wendy and Cao, Linyou and Tongay, Sefaattin and Sun, Jifeng and Singh, David J. and Heinz, Tony F. and Xu, Xiaodong and MacDonald, Allan H. and Reed, Evan and Wen, Haidan and Lindenberg, Aaron M.},
abstractNote = {Modulation of weak interlayer interactions between quasi-two dimensional atomic planes in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) provides avenues for tuning their functional properties. Here we show that above gap optical excitation in the TMDCs leads to an unexpected large-amplitude, ultrafast compressive force between the two-dimensional layers, as probed by in situ measurements of the atomic layer spacing at femtosecond time resolution. We show that this compressive response arises from a dynamic modulation of the interlayer van der Waals interaction and that this represents the dominant light induced stress at low excitation densities. A simple analytic model predicts the magnitude and carrier density dependence of the measured strains. This work establishes a new method for dynamic, nonequilibrium tuning of correlation-driven dispersive interactions and of the optomechanical functionality of TMDC quasi-two-dimensional materials.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03955},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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