Long-Lived Hole Spin/Valley Polarization Probed by Kerr Rotation in Monolayer WSe2

Xinlin Song; Saien Xie; Kibum Kang; Jiwoong Park; Vanessa Sih

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01727

Long-Lived Hole Spin/Valley Polarization Probed by Kerr Rotation in Monolayer WSe₂

Xinlin Song, Saien Xie, Kibum Kang, Jiwoong Park, Vanessa Sih

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Abstract

Time-resolved Kerr rotation and photoluminescence measurements are performed on MOCVD-grown monolayer tungsten diselenide (WSe₂). We observe a surprisingly long-lived Kerr rotation signal (∼80 ns) at 10 K, which is attributed to spin/valley polarization of the resident holes. This polarization is robust to transverse magnetic field (up to 0.3 T). Wavelength-dependent measurements reveal that only excitation near the free exciton energy generates this long-lived spin/valley polarization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5010-5014
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01727
State	Published - Aug 10 2016
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Bioengineering
Chemistry(all)
Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

Kerr rotation
Tungsten diselenide
exciton
photoluminescence
spin polarization

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