Photo-induced bandgap renormalization governs the ultrafast response of single-layer MoS2

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1182-1188

  Pogna, Eva A A ^a   Marsili, Margherita ^b   De Fazio, Domenico ^c   Dal Conte, Stefano ^a,b   Manzoni, Cristian ^a,b   Sangalli, Davide ^b   Yoon, Duhee ^c   Lombardo, Antonio ^c   Ferrari, Andrea C ^c   Marini, Andrea ^b   Cerullo, Giulio ^a,b   Prezzi, Deborah ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Many body perturbation theory; Real time simulations; Transient absorption spectroscopy; Transition metal dichalcogenides; Two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PUMPING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSITION METALS;

MANY BODY PERTURBATION THEORY; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84989345403     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06488     Document Type: Article

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