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Experimental Evidence for Dark Excitons in Monolayer WSe 2

2015; American Physical Society; Volume: 115; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.115.257403

1092-0145

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Yu‐Meng You, Shu Yang Frank Zhao, Tony F. Heinz,

MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Transition metal dichalcogenides in the class MX_{2} (M=Mo, W; X=S, Se) have been identified as direct-gap semiconductors in the monolayer limit. Here, we examine light emission of monolayer WSe_{2} using temperature-dependent photoluminescence and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. We present experimental evidence for the existence of an optically forbidden dark state of the band-gap exciton that lies tens of meV below the optically bright state. The presence of the dark state is manifest in the strong quenching of light emission observed at reduced temperatures. The experimental findings are consistent with theoretical predictions of spin-polarized conduction and valence bands at the K point of the Brillouin zone, with the minimum gap occurring between bands of opposite electron spin.