Symmetry regimes for circular photocurrents in monolayer MoSe2

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Beitragende

  • Jorge Quereda - , University of Groningen (Autor:in)
  • Talieh S. Ghiasi - , University of Groningen (Autor:in)
  • Jhih Shih You - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Jeroen van den Brink - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Bart J. van Wees - , University of Groningen (Autor:in)
  • Caspar H. van der Wal - , University of Groningen (Autor:in)

Abstract

In monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides helicity-dependent charge and spin photocurrents can emerge, even without applying any electrical bias, due to circular photogalvanic and photon drag effects. Exploiting such circular photocurrents (CPCs) in devices, however, requires better understanding of their behavior and physical origin. Here, we present symmetry, spectral, and electrical characteristics of CPC from excitonic interband transitions in a MoSe2 monolayer. The dependence on bias and gate voltages reveals two different CPC contributions, dominant at different voltages and with different dependence on illumination wavelength and incidence angles. We theoretically analyze symmetry requirements for effects that can yield CPC and compare these with the observed angular dependence and symmetries that occur for our device geometry. This reveals that the observed CPC effects require a reduced device symmetry, and that effects due to Berry curvature of the electronic states do not give a significant contribution.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer3346
FachzeitschriftNature communications
Jahrgang9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 21 Aug. 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 30131488