Magnetoluminescence and valley polarized state of a two-dimensional electron gas in WS 2 monolayers

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 603-607

  Scrace, T ^a   Tsai, Y ^a   Barman, B ^a   Schweidenback, L ^a   Petrou, A ^a   Kioseoglou, G ^b   Ozfidan, I ^c,d   Korkusinski, M ^c   Hawrylak, P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; LANDFORMS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MONOLAYERS; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; NEGATIVELY-CHARGED EXCITON; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; SPIN DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

QUANTUM DOT; TRANSITION ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GAS; LUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS; CRYSTAL; EXCITATION; GASES, FUMES, VAPORS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84944447449     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.78     Document Type: Article

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