Spectral asymmetry of phonon sideband luminescence in monolayer and bilayer WSe2

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Contributors

  • Victor Funk - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Koloman Wagner - , Chair of Ultrafast Microscopy and Photonics (ct.qmat), University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Edith Wietek - , University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Jonas D. Ziegler - , University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Jonathan Förste - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Jessica Lindlau - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Michael Förg - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Kenji Watanabe - , National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba (Author)
  • Takashi Taniguchi - , National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba (Author)
  • Alexey Chernikov - , Chair of Ultrafast Microscopy and Photonics (ct.qmat), Clusters of Excellence ct.qmat: Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter, University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Alexander Högele - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) (Author)

Abstract

We report an experimental study of temperature-dependent spectral line shapes of phonon sideband emission stemming from dark excitons in monolayer and bilayer WSe2. Using photoluminescence spectroscopy in the range from 4 to 100 K, we observe a pronounced asymmetry in the phonon-assisted luminescence from momentum-indirect exciton reservoirs. We demonstrate that the corresponding spectral profiles are distinct from those of bright excitons with direct radiative decay pathways. The line-shape asymmetry reflects thermal distribution of exciton states with finite center-of-mass momenta, characteristic for phonon sideband emission. The extracted temperature of the exciton reservoirs is found to generally follow that of the crystal lattice, with deviations reflecting overheated populations. The latter are most pronounced in the bilayer case and at lowest temperatures. Our results add to the understanding of phonon-assisted recombination of momentum-dark excitons and, more generally, establish means to access the thermal distribution of finite-momentum excitons in atomically thin semiconductors with indirect band gaps.

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Original languageEnglish
Article numberA107
JournalPhysical Review Research
Volume3
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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