Moiré phonons in twisted MoSe 2 –WSe 2 heterobilayers and their correlation with interlayer excitons
Abstract We report about the investigation of twisted MoSe 2 homo- and MoSe 2 –WSe 2 heterobilayers by means of low-frequency Raman spectroscopy (LFRS) and low-temperature micro photoluminescence ( µ PL). In room-temperature LFRS experiments on both, twisted MoSe 2 homobilayers and twisted MoSe 2 –W...
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Published in | 2d materials Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 35030 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
01.07.2021
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Summary: | Abstract
We report about the investigation of twisted MoSe
2
homo- and MoSe
2
–WSe
2
heterobilayers by means of low-frequency Raman spectroscopy (LFRS) and low-temperature micro photoluminescence (
µ
PL). In room-temperature LFRS experiments on both, twisted MoSe
2
homobilayers and twisted MoSe
2
–WSe
2
heterobilayers, we observe moiré phonons, i.e. folded acoustic phonon modes due to the moiré superlattice. In the heterobilayers, we can identify moiré phonons of both materials, MoSe
2
and WSe
2
. While the twist angles for the homobilayers are relatively precisely known from the applied tear-and-stack preparation method, the twist angles of the heterobilayers have to be determined via second-harmonic-generation microscopy on monolayer regions of the samples, which has significant uncertainties. We show that by the moiré phonons of the heterobilayers, the relative twist angles can be determined on a local scale with much higher precision. We apply our technique for the investigation of a large area H-type (twist angle
θ
= 60
∘
+
δ
) MoSe
2
–WSe
2
heterobilayer. These investigations show that spatial regions, which can be identified to be atomically reconstructed (i.e.
δ
= 0
∘
) by the observation of an interlayer shear mode in LFRS experiments, exhibit a strong, momentum-allowed interlayer-exciton signal in low-temperature
µ
PL. On the contrary, regions, where moiré phonons are observed, i.e. which can be identified to be rigidly twisted by a misalignment angle in the range of
5
°
≲
|
δ
|
≲
6
°
, exhibit no significant interlayer-exciton signals. |
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ISSN: | 2053-1583 2053-1583 |
DOI: | 10.1088/2053-1583/abf98e |