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Phonon-exciton Interactions in WSe2 under a quantizing magnetic field

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  • Zhipeng Li

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Tianmeng Wang

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Shengnan Miao

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Yunmei Li

    (The University of Texas at Dallas)

  • Zhenguang Lu

    (National High Magnetic Field Lab
    Florida State University)

  • Chenhao Jin

    (Cornell University)

  • Zhen Lian

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Yuze Meng

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Mark Blei

    (School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University)

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Kenji Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Sefaattin Tongay

    (School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University)

  • Wang Yao

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Dmitry Smirnov

    (National High Magnetic Field Lab)

  • Chuanwei Zhang

    (The University of Texas at Dallas)

  • Su-Fei Shi

    (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Computer & Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Abstract

Strong many-body interaction in two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenides provides a unique platform to study the interplay between different quasiparticles, such as prominent phonon replica emission and modified valley-selection rules. A large out-of-plane magnetic field is expected to modify the exciton-phonon interactions by quantizing excitons into discrete Landau levels, which is largely unexplored. Here, we observe the Landau levels originating from phonon-exciton complexes and directly probe exciton-phonon interaction under a quantizing magnetic field. Phonon-exciton interaction lifts the inter-Landau-level transition selection rules for dark trions, manifested by a distinctively different Landau fan pattern compared to bright trions. This allows us to experimentally extract the effective mass of both holes and electrons. The onset of Landau quantization coincides with a significant increase of the valley-Zeeman shift, suggesting strong many-body effects on the phonon-exciton interaction. Our work demonstrates monolayer WSe2 as an intriguing playground to study phonon-exciton interactions and their interplay with charge, spin, and valley.

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  • Zhipeng Li & Tianmeng Wang & Shengnan Miao & Yunmei Li & Zhenguang Lu & Chenhao Jin & Zhen Lian & Yuze Meng & Mark Blei & Takashi Taniguchi & Kenji Watanabe & Sefaattin Tongay & Wang Yao & Dmitry Smir, 2020. "Phonon-exciton Interactions in WSe2 under a quantizing magnetic field," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-7, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-16934-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16934-x
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