Population inversion and giant bandgap renormalization in atomically thin WS 2 layers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 466-470

  Chernikov, Alexey ^a   Ruppert, Claudia ^a   Hill, Heather M ^a   Rigosi, Albert F ^a   Heinz, Tony F ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85027932243     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.104     Document Type: Article

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