Zeeman splitting via spin-valley-layer coupling in bilayer MoTe2

Atomically thin monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides possess coupling of spin and valley degrees of freedom. The chirality is locked to identical valleys as a consequence of spin–orbit coupling and inversion symmetry breaking, leading to a valley analog of the Zeeman effect in presence of an o...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Chongyun, Liu, Fucai, Cuadra, Jorge, Huang, Zumeng, Li, Ke, Rasmita, Abdullah, Srivastava, Ajit, Liu, Zheng, Gao, Wei-Bo
Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89492
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44974
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Atomically thin monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides possess coupling of spin and valley degrees of freedom. The chirality is locked to identical valleys as a consequence of spin–orbit coupling and inversion symmetry breaking, leading to a valley analog of the Zeeman effect in presence of an out-of-plane magnetic field. Owing to the inversion symmetry in bilayers, the photoluminescence helicity should no longer be locked to the valleys. Here we show that the Zeeman splitting, however, persists in 2H-MoTe2 bilayers, as a result of an additional degree of freedom, namely the layer pseudospin, and spin–valley-layer locking. Unlike monolayers, the Zeeman splitting in bilayers occurs without lifting valley degeneracy. The degree of circularly polarized photoluminescence is tuned with magnetic field from −37% to 37%. Our results demonstrate the control of degree of freedom in bilayer with magnetic field, which makes bilayer a promising platform for spin-valley quantum gates based on magnetoelectric effects.