Publication
Title
Spectrum of exciton states in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides : angular momentum and Landau levels
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Abstract
A four-band exciton Hamiltonian is constructed starting from the single-particle Dirac Hamiltonian for charge carriers in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). The angular part of the exciton wave function can be separated from the radial part, in the case of zero center of mass momentum excitons, by exploiting the eigenstates of the total exciton angular momentum operator with which the Hamiltonian commutes. We explain why this approach fails for excitons with finite center of mass momentum or in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field and present an approximation to resolve this issue. We calculate the (binding) energy and average interparticle distance of different excited exciton states in different TMDs and compare these with results available in the literature. Remarkably, we find that the intervalley exciton ground state in the -/+ K valley has angular momentum j = +/- 1, which is due to the pseudospin of the separate particles. The exciton mass and the exciton Landau levels are calculated and we find that the degeneracy of exciton states with opposite relative angular momentum is altered by a magnetic field.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review B / American Physical Society. - New York, N.Y, 2016, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y : American Physical Society , 2019
ISSN
2469-9969 [online]
2469-9950 [print]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVB.99.115439
Volume/pages
99 :11 (2019) , 9 p.
Article Reference
115439
ISI
000462896400004
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Theoretical investigation of electronic transport in functionalized 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (Trans2DTMD).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 14.01.2025
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