Large-grain MBE-grown GaSe on GaAs with a Mexican hat-like valence band dispersion

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Beitragende

  • Ming Wei Chen - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • Ho Kwon Kim - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • Dmitry Ovchinnikov - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • Agnieszka Kuc - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Heine - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Olivier Renault - , Université Grenoble Alpes, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (Autor:in)
  • Andras Kis - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)

Abstract

Atomically thin GaSe has been predicted to have a non-parabolic, Mexican hat-like valence band structure due to the shift of the valence band maximum (VBM) near the Γ point which is expected to give rise to novel, unique properties such as tunable magnetism, high effective mass suppressing direct tunneling in scaled transistors, and an improved thermoelectric figure of merit. However, the synthesis of atomically thin GaSe remains challenging. Here, we report on the growth of atomically thin GaSe by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and demonstrate the high quality of the resulting van der Waals epitaxial films. The full valence band structure of nominal bilayer GaSe is revealed by photoemission electron momentum microscopy (k-PEEM), confirming the presence of a distorted valence band near the Γ point. Our results open the way to demonstrating interesting new physical phenomena based on MBE-grown GaSe films and atomically thin monochalcogenides in general.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer2
Fachzeitschriftnpj 2D materials and applications
Jahrgang2
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Dez. 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa