Enhancing and controlling valley magnetic response in MoS2/WS2 heterostructures by all-optical route

Jing Zhang; Luojun Du; Shun Feng; Run-Wu Zhang; Bingchen Cao; Chenji Zou; Yu Chen; Mengzhou Liao; Baile Zhang; Shengyuan A. Yang; Guangyu Zhang; Ting Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12128-2

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Enhancing and controlling valley magnetic response in MoS2/WS2 heterostructures by all-optical route

Jing Zhang,
Luojun Du,
Shun Feng,
Run-Wu Zhang,
Bingchen Cao,
Chenji Zou,
Yu Chen,
Mengzhou Liao,
Baile Zhang,
Shengyuan A. Yang,
Guangyu Zhang,
Ting Yu

Affiliations

Jing Zhang: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Luojun Du: CAS Key Laboratory of Nanoscale Physics and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shun Feng: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Run-Wu Zhang: Research Laboratory for Quantum Materials, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Bingchen Cao: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Chenji Zou: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Yu Chen: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Mengzhou Liao: CAS Key Laboratory of Nanoscale Physics and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baile Zhang: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Shengyuan A. Yang: Research Laboratory for Quantum Materials, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Guangyu Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Nanoscale Physics and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ting Yu: Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12128-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Van der Waals heterostructures may offer a suitable platform for all-optical manipulation of valleytronic devices. Here, the authors observe a strong enhancement of the valley magnetic response in MoS2, and magnetic tuning of the polarization of MoS2 direct optical transition

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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