Valley excitons in two-dimensional semiconductors

National Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-70

  Yu, Hongyi ^a   Cui, Xiaodong ^a   Xu, Xiaodong ^b   Yao, Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exciton; Transition metal dichalcogenides; Two dimensional semiconductor; Valley physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941130584     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwu078     Document Type: Review

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