Directly visualizing the momentum forbidden dark excitons and their dynamics in atomically thin semiconductors

Abstract

Resolving the momentum degree of freedom of excitons - electron-hole pairs bound by the Coulomb attraction in a photoexcited semiconductor, has remained a largely elusive goal for decades. In atomically thin semiconductors, such a capability could probe the momentum forbidden dark excitons, which critically impact proposed opto-electronic technologies, but are not directly accessible via optical techniques. Here, we probe the momentum-state of excitons in a WSe2 monolayer by photoemitting their constituent electrons, and resolving them in time, momentum and energy. We obtain a direct visual of the momentum forbidden dark excitons, and study their properties, including their near-degeneracy with bright excitons and their formation pathways in the energy-momentum landscape. These dark excitons dominate the excited state distribution - a surprising finding that highlights their importance in atomically thin semiconductors.

34 pages

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