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Ambipolar Landau levels and strong band-selective carrier interactions in monolayer WSe 2 .

Authors :
Gustafsson MV
Yankowitz M
Forsythe C
Rhodes D
Watanabe K
Taniguchi T
Hone J
Zhu X
Dean CR
Source :
Nature materials [Nat Mater] 2018 May; Vol. 17 (5), pp. 411-415. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 26.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Monolayers (MLs) of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit unusual electrical behaviour under magnetic fields due to their intrinsic spin-orbit coupling and lack of inversion symmetry <superscript>1-15</superscript> . Although recent experiments have also identified the critical role of carrier interactions within these materials <superscript>11,15</superscript> , a complete mapping of the ambipolar Landau level (LL) sequence has remained elusive. Here we use single-electron transistors (SETs) <superscript>16,17</superscript> to perform LL spectroscopy in ML WSe <subscript>2</subscript> , and provide a comprehensive picture of the electronic structure of a ML TMD for both electrons and holes. We find that the LLs differ notably between the two bands, and follow a unique sequence in the valence band (VB) that is dominated by strong Zeeman effects. The Zeeman splitting in the VB is several times higher than the cyclotron energy, far exceeding the predictions of a single-particle model and, moreover, tunes significantly with doping <superscript>15</superscript> . This implies exceptionally strong many-body interactions, and suggests that ML WSe <subscript>2</subscript> can serve as a host for new correlated-electron phenomena.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1476-4660
Volume :
17
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nature materials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29581552
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0036-2