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Electroluminescence of monolayer WS2 in a scanning tunneling microscope: Effect of bias polarity on spectral and angular distribution of emitted light

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Pena Roman, Ricardo Javier ; Pommier, Delphine ; Bretel, Remi ; Lopez, Luis E. Parra ; Lorchat, Etienne ; Chaste, Julien ; Ouerghi, Abdelkarim ; Le Moal, Severine ; Boer-Duchemin, Elizabeth ; Dujardin, Gerald ; Borisov, Andrey G. ; Zagonel, Luiz F. ; Schull, Guillaume ; Berciaud, Stephane ; Le Moal, Eric
Total Authors: 15
Document type: Journal article
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW B; v. 106, n. 8, p. 7-pg., 2022-08-24.
Abstract

Inelastic electron tunneling in a scanning tunneling microscope is used to generate excitons in monolayer tungsten disulfide (WS2). Excitonic electroluminescence is measured both at positive and negative sample bias. Using optical spectroscopy and Fourier-space optical microscopy, we show that the bias polarity of the tunnel junction determines the spectral and angular distribution of the emitted light. At positive sample bias, only emission from excitonic species featuring an in-plane transition dipole moment is detected. Based on the spectral distribution of the emitted light, we infer that the dominant contribution is from charged excitons, i.e., trions. At negative sample bias, additional contributions from lower-energy excitonic species are evidenced in the emission spectra and the angular distribution of the emitted light reveals a mixed character of in-plane and out-of-plane transition dipole moments. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/08543-7 - Light emission by individual defects in 2D materials
Grantee:Ricardo Javier Peña Román
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 20/12480-0 - Single-photon emission from point defects and substrate-induced hot spots in two-dimensional semiconductors: a scanning tunnelling microscopy-induced luminescence study
Grantee:Ricardo Javier Peña Román
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 14/23399-9 - Heterostructures in semiconducting nanowires: nanometric light emitters studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy
Grantee:Luiz Fernando Zagonel
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants