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most citedMoiré Excitons in Van der Waals Heterostructures

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cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 33 cited

Controlled defect production in monolayer MoS2 via electron irradiation at ultralow accelerating voltages

Ajit Kumar Dash, Hariharan Swaminathan, Ethan Berger +7

Control on spatial location and density of defects in 2D materials can be achieved using electron beam irradiation. Conversely, ultralow accelerating voltages (less than or equal t…

physics.optics2022★ 14 cited

Tuning exciton complexes in twisted bilayer WSe2 at intermediate misorientation

Rahul Debnath, Shaili Sett, Sudipta Kundu +5

Twist angle modifies the band alignment, screening, and interlayer (IL) coupling in twisted bilayers (tBLs) of transition metal dichalcogenides. Intermediate misorientation (twist…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 6 cited

Effect of electron-irradiation on layered quantum materials

Ajit Kumar Dash, Mainak Mondal, Manvi Verma +2

Technological advancement towards the quantum era requires secure communication, quantum computation, and ultra-sensitive sensing capabilities. Layered quantum materials (LQMs) hav…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 64 cited

Moiré and beyond in transition metal dichalcogenide twisted bilayers

Kha Tran, Junho Choi, Akshay Singh

Fabricating van der Waals (vdW) bilayer heterostructures (BL-HS) by stacking the same or different two-dimensional (2D) layers, offers a unique physical system with rich electronic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 183 cited

Twist Angle Dependent Interlayer Exciton Lifetimes in van der Waals Heterostructures

Junho Choi, Matthias Florian, Alexander Steinhoff +15

In van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures formed by stacking two monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides, multiple exciton resonances with highly tunable properties are formed…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 27 cited

Growth kinetics and atomistic mechanisms of native oxidation of ZrSSe and MoS crystals

Seong Soon Jo, Akshay Singh, Liqiu Yang +14

A thorough understanding of native oxides is essential for designing semiconductor devices. Here we report a study of the rate and mechanisms of spontaneous oxidation of bulk singl…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 19 cited

Direct Optical-Structure Correlation in Atomically Thin Dichalcogenides and Heterostructures

Akshay Singh, Hae Yeon Lee, Silvija Gradecak

Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have distinct opto-electronic properties including enhanced luminescence and high on-off current ratios, which can be furthe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 28 cited

Near-infrared optical properties and proposed phase-change usefulness of transition metal disulfides

Akshay Singh, Yifei Li, Balint Fodor +6

The development of photonic integrated circuits would benefit from a wider selection of materials that can strongly-control near-infrared (NIR) light. Transition metal dichalcogeni…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 1.4k cited

Moiré Excitons in Van der Waals Heterostructures

Kha Tran, Galan Moody, Fengcheng Wu +19

In van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures formed by stacking two monolayer semiconductors, lattice mismatch or rotational misalignment introduces an in-plane moiré superlattice. Whil…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 146 cited

Biexciton fine structure in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides

Alexander Steinhoff, Matthias Florian, Akshay Singh +8

The optical properties of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors are shaped by the emergence of correlated many-body complexes due to strong Coulomb…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 3 cited

Cathodoluminescence as an Effective Probe of Carrier Transport and Deep Level Defects in Droop-Mitigating InGaN/GaN Quantum Well Heterostructures

Zhibo Zhao, Akshay Singh, Jordan Chesin +7

Commercial InGaN/GaN light emitting diode heterostructures continue to suffer from efficiency droop at high current densities. Droop mitigation strategies target Auger recombinatio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 22 cited

Disorder Dependent Valley Properties in Monolayer WSe2

Kha Tran, Akshay Singh, Joe Seifert +7

We investigate the effect on disorder potential on exciton valley polarization and valley coherence in monolayer WSe2. By analyzing polarization properties of photoluminescence, th…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 219 cited

Neutral and Charged Inter-Valley Biexcitons in Monolayer MoSe

Kai Hao, Lixiang Xu, Judith F. Specht +10

In atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), reduced dielectric screening of the Coulomb interaction leads to strongly correlated many-body states, including exciton…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 132 cited

Long-Lived Valley Polarization of Intra-Valley Trions in Monolayer WSe2

Akshay Singh, Kha Tran, Mirco Kolarczik +9

We investigate valley dynamics associated with trions in monolayer tungsten diselenide (WSe2) using polarization resolved two-color pump-probe spectroscopy. When tuning the pump an…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 108 cited

Coherent and Incoherent Coupling Dynamics between Neutral and Charged Excitons in Monolayer MoSe2

Kai Hao, Lixiang Xu, Philipp Nagler +7

The optical properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are dominated by both neutral excitons (electron-hole pairs) and charged excitons (trions) that are stable…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 17 cited

Enhanced spin lifetimes in a two dimensional electron gas in a gate-controlled GaAs quantum well

Sergiu Anghel, Akshay Singh, Felix Passmann +5

Exciton, trion and electron spin dynamics in a 20 nm wide modulation-doped GaAs single quantum well are investigated using resonant ultrafast two-color Kerr rotation spectroscopy.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 245 cited

Trion Formation Dynamics in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Akshay Singh, Galan Moody, Kha Tran +13

We report charged exciton (trion) formation dynamics in doped monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), specifically molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2), using resonant two-colo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 598 cited

Intrinsic Exciton Linewidth in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Galan Moody, Chandriker Kavir Dass, Kai Hao +10

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides feature Coulomb-bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) with exceptionally large binding energy and coupled spin and valley degrees of freed…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 134 cited

Coherent Electronic Coupling in Atomically Thin MoSe2

Akshay Singh, Galan Moody, Sanfeng Wu +6

We report the first direct spectroscopic evidence for coherent electronic coupling between excitons and trions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides, specifically mon…