Symmetry breaking and spin-orbit coupling for individual vacancy-induced in-gap states in MoS2 monolayers

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Auteurs principaux: Aliyar, Thasneem, Ma, Hongyang, Krishnan, Radha, Singh, Gagandeep, Chong, Bi Qi, Wang, Yitao, Verzhbitskiy, Ivan, Wong, Calvin Pei Yu, Goh, Kuan Eng Johnson, Shen, Ze Xiang, Koh, Teck Seng, Rahman, Rajib, Weber, Bent
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author Aliyar, Thasneem
Ma, Hongyang
Krishnan, Radha
Singh, Gagandeep
Chong, Bi Qi
Wang, Yitao
Verzhbitskiy, Ivan
Wong, Calvin Pei Yu
Goh, Kuan Eng Johnson
Shen, Ze Xiang
Koh, Teck Seng
Rahman, Rajib
Weber, Bent
author_facet Aliyar, Thasneem
Ma, Hongyang
Krishnan, Radha
Singh, Gagandeep
Chong, Bi Qi
Wang, Yitao
Verzhbitskiy, Ivan
Wong, Calvin Pei Yu
Goh, Kuan Eng Johnson
Shen, Ze Xiang
Koh, Teck Seng
Rahman, Rajib
Weber, Bent
contents Spins confined to point defects in atomically-thin semiconductors constitute well-defined atomic-scale quantum systems that are being explored as single photon emitters and spin qubits. Here, we investigate the in-gap electronic structure of individual sulphur vacancies in molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) monolayers using resonant tunneling scanning probe spectroscopy in the Coulomb blockade regime. Spectroscopic mapping of defect wavefunctions reveals an interplay of local symmetry breaking by a charge-state dependent Jahn-Teller lattice distortion that, when combined with strong (~100 meV) spin-orbit coupling, leads to a locking of an unpaired spin-1/2 magnetic moment to the lattice at low temperature, susceptible to lattice strain. Our results provide new insights into spin and electronic structure of vacancy induced in-gap states towards their application as electrically and optically addressable quantum systems.
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spellingShingle Symmetry breaking and spin-orbit coupling for individual vacancy-induced in-gap states in MoS2 monolayers
Aliyar, Thasneem
Ma, Hongyang
Krishnan, Radha
Singh, Gagandeep
Chong, Bi Qi
Wang, Yitao
Verzhbitskiy, Ivan
Wong, Calvin Pei Yu
Goh, Kuan Eng Johnson
Shen, Ze Xiang
Koh, Teck Seng
Rahman, Rajib
Weber, Bent
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
Spins confined to point defects in atomically-thin semiconductors constitute well-defined atomic-scale quantum systems that are being explored as single photon emitters and spin qubits. Here, we investigate the in-gap electronic structure of individual sulphur vacancies in molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) monolayers using resonant tunneling scanning probe spectroscopy in the Coulomb blockade regime. Spectroscopic mapping of defect wavefunctions reveals an interplay of local symmetry breaking by a charge-state dependent Jahn-Teller lattice distortion that, when combined with strong (~100 meV) spin-orbit coupling, leads to a locking of an unpaired spin-1/2 magnetic moment to the lattice at low temperature, susceptible to lattice strain. Our results provide new insights into spin and electronic structure of vacancy induced in-gap states towards their application as electrically and optically addressable quantum systems.
title Symmetry breaking and spin-orbit coupling for individual vacancy-induced in-gap states in MoS2 monolayers
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01193