Exchange-enhanced spin-orbit splitting and its density dependence for electrons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
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| author | Rozhansky, Igor Fal'ko, Vladimir |
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| contents | We show that spin-orbit splitting (SOS) in monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is substantially enhanced by electron-electron interaction. This effect, similar to the exchange-enhancement of the electron g-factor, is most pronounced for conduction band electrons (in particular, in MoS$_2$), and it has a non-monotonic dependence on the carrier sheet density, $n$. That is, the SOS enhancement is peaked at the onset of filling of the higher-energy spin-split band by electrons, $n_*$, which also separates the regimes of slow (at $n<n_*$) and fast (for $n>n_*$) spin and valley relaxation of charge carriers. Moreover, this density itself is determined by the enhanced SOS value, making the account of exchange renormalisation important for the analysis of spintronic performance of field-effect transistors based on two-dimensional TMDs. |
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| spellingShingle | Exchange-enhanced spin-orbit splitting and its density dependence for electrons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides Rozhansky, Igor Fal'ko, Vladimir Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter We show that spin-orbit splitting (SOS) in monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is substantially enhanced by electron-electron interaction. This effect, similar to the exchange-enhancement of the electron g-factor, is most pronounced for conduction band electrons (in particular, in MoS$_2$), and it has a non-monotonic dependence on the carrier sheet density, $n$. That is, the SOS enhancement is peaked at the onset of filling of the higher-energy spin-split band by electrons, $n_*$, which also separates the regimes of slow (at $n<n_*$) and fast (for $n>n_*$) spin and valley relaxation of charge carriers. Moreover, this density itself is determined by the enhanced SOS value, making the account of exchange renormalisation important for the analysis of spintronic performance of field-effect transistors based on two-dimensional TMDs. |
| title | Exchange-enhanced spin-orbit splitting and its density dependence for electrons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12125 |