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Title: Strain tuning of excitons in monolayer WSe 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford University
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Here, we investigate excitonic absorption and emission in monolayer (1L) WSe2 under tensile strain. We observe a redshift of 100 meV in the A exciton energy and a decrease of 25 meV in its estimated binding energy under 2.1% strain. Surprisingly, the linewidth of the A exciton decreases by almost a factor of two under strain, from 42 to 24 meV at room temperature. We explain this effect as the result of suppression of phonon-mediated exciton scattering channels. We show that such a suppression results from the relative shift under strain of a secondary valley in the conduction band that is nearly degenerate with the K valley where the A exciton is formed.

Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1474105
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1562880; OSTI ID: 1474195
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 98; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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