Journal
NANO RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 1901-1911Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3036-x
Keywords
opto-valleytronics; two-dimensional (2D) heterostructure; interlayer exciton; transition metal dichalcogenide; proximity effect
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- Singapore National Research Foundation [NRF-CRP21-2018-0007]
- Singapore Ministry of Education [MOE2016-T2-2-077, MOE2016-T2-1-163, MOE2016-T3-1-006 (S)]
- A*Star QTE programme
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This article discusses the importance of developing information processing devices with minimum carbon emissions in the information age. It introduces the concept of using valleys to encode information, reviews valley physics in monolayer TMD and 2D heterostructures, and summarizes optical valley control methods in these materials.
The development of information processing devices with minimum carbon emission is crucial in this information age. One of the approaches to tackle this challenge is by using valleys (local extremum points in the momentum space) to encode the information instead of charges. The valley information in some material such as monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) can be controlled by using circularly polarized light. This opens a new field called opto-valleytronics. In this article, we first review the valley physics in monolayer TMD and two-dimensional (2D) heterostructure composed of monolayer TMD and other materials. Such 2D heterostructure has been shown to exhibit interesting phenomena such as interlayer exciton, magnetic proximity effect, and spin-orbit proximity effect, which is beneficial for opto-valleytronics application. We then review some of the optical valley control methods that have been used in the monolayer TMD and the 2D heterostructure. Finally, a summary and outlook of the 2D heterostructure opto-valleytronics are given.
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