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Probing magnetic-proximity-effect enlarged valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 by photoluminescence

Chenji Zou1,2Chunxiao Cong3( )Jingzhi Shang2Chuan Zhao4Mustafa Eginligil5Lishu Wu2Yu Chen2Hongbo Zhang2Shun Feng2Jing Zhang2Hao Zeng4( )Wei Huang1,5( )Ting Yu2( )
Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE)Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)127 West Youyi RoadXi'an710072China
Division of Physics and Applied PhysicsSchool of Physical and Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological University21 Nanyang LinkSingapore637371Singapore
State Key Laboratory of ASIC & SystemSchool of Information Science and TechnologyFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
Department of PhysicsUniversity at BuffaloState University of New YorkBuffaloNew York14260USA
Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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Possessing a valley degree of freedom and potential in information processing by manipulating valley features (such as valley splitting), group-VI monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides have attracted enormous interest. This valley splitting can be measured based on the difference between the peak energies of σ+ and σ- polarized emissions for excitons or trions in direct band gap monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides under perpendicular magnetic fields. In this work, a well-prepared heterostructure is formed by transferring exfoliated WSe2 onto a EuS substrate. Circular-polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, one of the most facile and intuitive methods, is used to probe the difference of the gap energy in two valleys under an applied out-of-plane external magnetic field. Our results indicate that valley splitting can be enhanced when using a EuS substrate, as compared to a SiO2/Si substrate. The enhanced valley splitting of the WSe2/EuS heterostructure can be understood as a result of an interfacial magnetic exchange field originating from the magnetic proximity effect. The value of this magnetic exchange field, based on our estimation, is approximately 9 T. Our findings will stimulate further studies on the magnetic exchange field at the interface of similar heterostructures.

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Zou C, Cong C, Shang J, et al. Probing magnetic-proximity-effect enlarged valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 by photoluminescence. Nano Research, 2018, 11(12): 6252-6259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2148-z

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Received: 05 April 2018
Revised: 25 June 2018
Accepted: 09 July 2018
Published: 27 July 2018
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