Two-dimensional semiconductors

Reviews

Photonics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides

K. F. Mak and J. Shan, Nature Photon. 10, 216-226 (2016).

Light-valley interactions in 2D semiconductors

K. F. Mak, D. Xiao, and J. Shan, Nature Photon. 12, 451-460 (2018).

Opportunities and challenges of interlayer exciton control and manipulation

K. F. Mak and J. Shan, Nature Nanotech. 13, 974-976 (2018).

Optical properties of TMDs

Atomically thin MoS2: A new direct-gap semiconductor

K. F. Mak, Changgu Lee, J. Hone, J. Shan, and T. F. Heinz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 136805 (2010).

Experimental demonstration of continuous electronic structure tuning via strain in atomically thin MoS2

K. He, K. F. Mak, C. Pools, and J. Shan, Nano Lett. 13, 2931–2936 (2013).

Valley degeneracy breaking by magnetic field in monolayer MoSe2

D. MacNeill, C. Heikes, K. F. Mak, Z. Anderson, A. Kormányos, V. Zólyomi, J. Park, and D. C. Ralph, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 037401 (2015).

Valley- and spin-polarized Landau levels in monolayer WSe2

Z. Wang, J. Shan, and K. F. Mak, Nature Nanotech. 12, 144–149 (2017).

Valley dependent physics

Control of valley polarization in monolayer MoS₂ by optical helicity

K. F. Mak, K. He, J. Shan, and T.F. Heinz, Nature Nanotech. 7, 494–498 (2012).

The valley Hall effect in MoS₂ transistors

K. F. Mak, K. L. McGill, J. Park, and P. L. McEuen, Science 344, 1489-1492 (2014).

Valley- and spin-polarized Landau levels in monolayer WSe₂

Z. Wang, J. Shan, and K. F. Mak, Nature Nanotech. doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.213 (2016).

Electrical control of the valley Hall effect in bilayer MoS₂ transistors

J. Lee, K. F. Mak, and J. Shan, Nature Nanotech. 11, 421-425 (2016).

Valley magnetoelectricity in single-layer MoS₂

J. Lee, Z. Wang, H. Xie, K. F. Mak, and J. Shan, Nature Mater. 16, 887-891 (2017).

Strongly interaction-enhanced valley magnetic response in monolayer WSe2

Z. Wang, K. F. Mak, and J. Shan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 066402 (2018)

Excitonic effects in TMDs

Tightly bound trions in monolayer MoS2

K. F. Mak, Keliang He, Changgu Lee, Gwan Hyoung Lee, J. Hone, T.F. Heinz, and J. Shan, Nature Mater. 12, 207–211 (2013).

Orientation of luminescent excitons in layered nanomaterials

J. A. Schuller, S. Karaveli, T. Schiros, K. He, S. Yang, I. Kymissis, J. Shan, and R. Zia, Nature Nanotech. 8, 271–276 (2013).

Tightly bound excitons in monolayer WSe2

K. He, N. Kumar, L. Zhao, Z. Wang, K.F. Mak, H. Zhao, and J. Shan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 026803 (2014).

Electrical tuning of interlayer exciton gases in WSe2 bilayers

Z. Wang, Y.-H. Chiu, K. Honz, K. F. Mak, and J. Shan, Nano Lett. 18, 137-143 (2018).

Ultrafast and nonlinear optical properties of TMDs

Observation of intense second harmonic generation from MoS₂ atomic crystals

L. M. Malard, T. V. Alencar, A.P.M. Barboza, K. F. Mak, and A.M. de Paula, Phys. Rev. B 87, 201401 (2013).

Probing symmetry properties of few-layer MoS₂ and h-BN by optical second-harmonic generation

Y. Li, Y. Rao, K. F. Mak, Y. You, S. Wang, C. R. Dean, and T. F. Heinz, Nano Lett. 13, 3329-3333 (2013).

Controlling the spontaneous emission rate of monolayer MoS₂ in a photonic crystal nanocavity

X. Gan, Y. Gao, K. F. Mak, X. Yao, R. J. Shiue, A. van der Zande, M. Trusheim, F. Hatami, T. F. Heinz, J. Hone, and D. Englund, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 181119 (2013).

Optical coherence in atomic-monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides limited by electron-phonon interactions

P. Dey, J. Paul, Z. Wang, C. E. Stevens, C. Liu, A. H. Romero, J. Shan, D. J. Hilton, and D. Karaiskaj, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 127402 (2016).