Optically initialized robust valley-polarized holes in monolayer WSe 2

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hsu, Wei Ting ^a   Chen, Yen Lun ^a   Chen, Chiang Hsiao ^b,c   Liu, Pang Shiuan ^a   Hou, Tuo Hung ^a,d   Li, Lain Jong ^b,d,e   Chang, Wen Hao ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHONON; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME RESOLVED KERR ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84948673804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9963     Document Type: Article

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