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Abstract

Abstract Monolayer group-VIB transition-metal dichalcogenides have recently emerged as a new class of semiconductors in the two-dimensional limit. The attractive properties include the visible range direct band gap ideal for exploring optoelectronic applications; the intriguing physics associated with spin and valley pseudospin of carriers which implies potentials for novel electronics based on these internal degrees of freedom; the exceptionally strong Coulomb interaction due to the two-dimensional geometry and the large effective masses. The physics of excitons, the bound states of electrons and holes, has been one of the most actively studied topics on these two-dimensional semiconductors, where the excitons exhibit remarkably new features due to the strong Coulomb binding, the valley degeneracy of the band edges and the valley-dependent optical selection rules for interband transitions. Here, we give a brief overview of the experimental and theoretical findings on excitons in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides, with focus on the novel properties associated with their valley degrees of freedom.

Bibliography

Yu, H., Cui, X., Xu, X., & Yao, W. (2015). Valley excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors. National Science Review, 2(1), 57–70.

Authors 4
  1. Hongyi Yu (first)
  2. Xiaodong Cui (additional)
  3. Xiaodong Xu (additional)
  4. Wang Yao (additional)
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@article{Yu_2015, title={Valley excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors}, volume={2}, ISSN={2095-5138}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwu078}, DOI={10.1093/nsr/nwu078}, number={1}, journal={National Science Review}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Yu, Hongyi and Cui, Xiaodong and Xu, Xiaodong and Yao, Wang}, year={2015}, month=jan, pages={57–70} }