Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 3070-3077Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00771
Keywords
transition metal dichalcogenides; strain engineering; spin and valley dynamics; transient absorption spectroscopy
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Triggered by the expanding demands of semiconductor devices, strain engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has garnered considerable research interest. Through steady-state measurements, strain has been proved in terms of its modulation of electronic energy bands and optoelectronic properties in TMDs. However, the influence of strain on the spin-orbit coupling as well as its related valley excitonic dynamics remains elusive. Our findings demonstrate the effect of strain on the excitonic dynamics of monolayer WS2 and suggest that the spin-flip process is strain-dependent, providing a reference for the application of valleytronic devices.
Triggered by the expanding demands of semiconductor devices, strain engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has garnered considerable research interest. Through steady-state measurements, strain has been proved in terms of its modulation of electronic energy bands and optoelectronic properties in TMDs. However, the influence of strain on the spin-orbit coupling as well as its related valley excitonic dynamics remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate the effect of strain on the excitonic dynamics of monolayer WS2 via steady-state fluorescence and transient absorption spectroscopy. Combined with theoretical calculations, we found that tensile strain can reduce the spin-splitting value of the conduction band and lead to transitions between different exciton states via spin-flip mechanism. Our findings suggest that the spin-flip process is strain-dependent, provides a reference for application of valleytronic devices, where tensile strain is usually existing during their design and fabrication.
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