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Breaking of Valley Degeneracy by Magnetic Field in Monolayer MoSe2

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

David MacNeill
Colin Heikes
Kin Mak
Zachary Anderson
Andor Kormányos
Viktor Zólyomi
Jiwoong Park
Daniel Ralph

Abstract

Using polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, we investigate the breaking of valley degeneracy by an out-of-plane magnetic field in back-gated monolayer MoSe2 devices. We observe a linear splitting of -0.22meV/T between luminescence peak energies in σ+ and σ- emission for both neutral and charged excitons. The optical selection rules of monolayer MoSe2 couple the photon handedness to the exciton valley degree of freedom; so this splitting demonstrates valley degeneracy breaking. In addition, we find that the luminescence handedness can be controlled with a magnetic field to a degree that depends on the back-gate voltage. An applied magnetic field, therefore, provides effective strategies for control over the valley degree of freedom. © 2015 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

American Physical Society (APS)

Volume

114

Issue

3

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84921665864&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevLett.114.037401&partnerID=40&md5=ad62adcc9d70ffe12b20e227e3705481

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.037401

Funding Source

0335765
1010768
1120296

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