Influence of inter- and intra-valley carrier dynamics on the optical properties of monolayer TMDCs

J. Hader; J. V. Moloney; J. Neuhaus; S. W. Koch

doi:10.1117/12.2611574

5 March 2022 Influence of inter- and intra-valley carrier dynamics on the optical properties of monolayer TMDCs

J. Hader, J. V. Moloney, J. Neuhaus, S. W. Koch

Proceedings Volume 12003, 2D Photonic Materials and Devices V; 1200303 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2611574
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

First principle DFT-based microscopic many-body models are used to investigate inter- and intra-valley carrier dynamics in the monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenide MoTe₂. Electron-electron and electron-phonon scatterings are calculated for transitions within the full Brillouin zone to determine overall carrier relaxation timescales as well as intra- and inter-valley transition rates. For excitation above the barriers separating bandstructure valleys carriers are found to relax on a ten femtosecond timescale into hot quasi-Fermi distributions at the band minima. Subsequently, the hot carrier plasma is cooled down on a picosecond timescale predominantly through emission of optical phonons. Local carrier occupations lead to strong energy renormalizations in momentum space. However, for the material investigated here, the global energy minimum remains at the K-points once carriers relax into global quasi-Fermi distributions. No transition from a direct to an indirect bandgap is observed.

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J. Hader, J. V. Moloney, J. Neuhaus, and S. W. Koch "Influence of inter- and intra-valley carrier dynamics on the optical properties of monolayer TMDCs", Proc. SPIE 12003, 2D Photonic Materials and Devices V, 1200303 (5 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2611574

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