Upconversion photoluminescence excitation reveals exciton–trion and exciton–biexciton coupling in hBN/WS $$_{2}$$ 2 /hBN van der Waals heterostructures

Autor: Ewa Żuberek, Martyna Majak, Jakub Lubczyński, Joerg Debus, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Ching-Hwa Ho, Leszek Bryja, Joanna Jadczak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18104-z
Popis: Abstract Monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides with direct band gap located at the binary $$K_{-}/K_{+}$$ K - / K + points of the Brillouin zone are promising materials for applications in opto- and spin-electronics due to strongly enhanced Coulomb interactions and specific spin-valley properties. They furthermore represent a unique platform to study electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions in diverse exciton complexes. Here, we demonstrate processes in which the neutral biexciton and two negative trions, namely the spin-triplet and spin-singlet trions, upconvert light into a bright intravalley exciton in an hBN-encapsulated WS $$_{2}$$ 2 monolayer. We propose that the energy gains required in the polarized upconversion photoluminescence originate from different interactions including resonant optical phonons, a cooling of resident electrons and a non-local and an anisotropic electron–hole exchange, respectively. The temperature dependence (7–120 K) of the excitonic upconversion intensity obtained at excitation energies corresponding to the biexciton and trions provides insight into an increasing phonon population as well as a thermally enhanced electron scattering. Our study sheds new light on the understanding of excitonic spin and valley properties of van der Waals heterostructures and improves the understanding of photonic upconversion mechanisms in two-dimensional quantum materials.
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