Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, D-78464 Konstanz, Germany.
Phys Rev Lett. 2018 Dec 14;121(24):247701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.247701.
The strong spin-orbit coupling and the broken inversion symmetry in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides results in spin-valley coupled band structures. Such a band structure leads to novel applications in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics. Density functional theory calculations as well as optical experiments have focused on spin-valley coupling in the valence band. Here we present magnetotransport experiments on high-quality n-type monolayer molybdenum disulphide (MoS_{2}) samples, displaying highly resolved Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations at magnetic fields as low as 2 T. We find the effective mass 0.7m_{e}, about twice as large as theoretically predicted and almost independent of magnetic field and carrier density. We further detect the occupation of the second spin-orbit split band at an energy of about 15 meV, i.e., about a factor of 5 larger than predicted. In addition, we demonstrate an intricate Landau level spectrum arising from a complex interplay between a density-dependent Zeeman splitting and spin- and valley-split Landau levels. These observations, enabled by the high electronic quality of our samples, testify to the importance of interaction effects in the conduction band of monolayer MoS_{2}.
在单层过渡金属二硫属化物中,强的自旋轨道耦合和反转对称性的破坏导致了自旋-谷耦合能带结构。这种能带结构为电子学和光电子学领域的新型应用提供了可能。密度泛函理论计算和光学实验都集中在价带中的自旋-谷耦合上。在这里,我们在高质量的 n 型单层二硫化钼 (MoS_2) 样品上进行了磁输运实验,在低至 2 T 的磁场下显示出高度分辨的舒布尼科夫-德哈斯振荡。我们发现有效质量为 0.7m_e,大约是理论预测值的两倍,几乎与磁场和载流子密度无关。我们进一步探测到在约 15 meV 的能量处第二自旋轨道分裂能带的占据,即比预测值大约 5 倍。此外,我们通过我们的样品具有的高电子质量,证明了由密度依赖的塞曼分裂和自旋-谷分裂朗道能级之间的复杂相互作用引起的复杂的朗道能级谱。这些观察结果证明了在单层 MoS_2 的导带中相互作用效应的重要性。