Geometry-Controlled Exciton Selectivity in Monolayer MoS2 Using Plasmonic Hollow Nanocavities

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Main Authors: Yildiz, Abdullah Efe, Polat, Emre Ozan
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author Yildiz, Abdullah Efe
Polat, Emre Ozan
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Polat, Emre Ozan
contents Spectral control of closely spaced excitonic transitions is central to valleytronic photonics, nanoscale light sources, and wavelength-encoded sensing. In monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), the A and B excitons are separated by only tens of meV, making selective excitonic emission control both fundamentally important and technologically challenging. Here, we numerically investigate plasmon-enhanced excitonic emission from monolayer MoS2 coupled to vertically oriented hollow gold nanocylindrical cavities through a dielectric spacer. Finite-difference time-domain simulations combined with a photoluminescence-rate framework enable separate evaluation of excitation enhancement, radiative decay modification, nonradiative quenching, and excitonic charge generation. By tuning the cavity aspect ratio, the localized surface plasmon resonance is selectively aligned with either the A- or B-exciton transition, while the spacer thickness and refractive index regulate near-field coupling and the local density of optical states. Under optimized conditions, the excitation rate is enhanced by up to 4.34-fold and the radiative decay rate by more than 40-fold, yielding photoluminescence enhancements of 143.85 and 87.27 for the A and B excitons, respectively. The cavity also redistributes the relative excitonic peak intensities, producing exciton-selective peak ratios up to 2.4 times higher than those of bare MoS2. These results establish hollow plasmonic nanocavities as geometry-tunable platforms for exciton-selective emission and charge-generation control in atomically thin semiconductors.
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spellingShingle Geometry-Controlled Exciton Selectivity in Monolayer MoS2 Using Plasmonic Hollow Nanocavities
Yildiz, Abdullah Efe
Polat, Emre Ozan
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Quantum Physics
Spectral control of closely spaced excitonic transitions is central to valleytronic photonics, nanoscale light sources, and wavelength-encoded sensing. In monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), the A and B excitons are separated by only tens of meV, making selective excitonic emission control both fundamentally important and technologically challenging. Here, we numerically investigate plasmon-enhanced excitonic emission from monolayer MoS2 coupled to vertically oriented hollow gold nanocylindrical cavities through a dielectric spacer. Finite-difference time-domain simulations combined with a photoluminescence-rate framework enable separate evaluation of excitation enhancement, radiative decay modification, nonradiative quenching, and excitonic charge generation. By tuning the cavity aspect ratio, the localized surface plasmon resonance is selectively aligned with either the A- or B-exciton transition, while the spacer thickness and refractive index regulate near-field coupling and the local density of optical states. Under optimized conditions, the excitation rate is enhanced by up to 4.34-fold and the radiative decay rate by more than 40-fold, yielding photoluminescence enhancements of 143.85 and 87.27 for the A and B excitons, respectively. The cavity also redistributes the relative excitonic peak intensities, producing exciton-selective peak ratios up to 2.4 times higher than those of bare MoS2. These results establish hollow plasmonic nanocavities as geometry-tunable platforms for exciton-selective emission and charge-generation control in atomically thin semiconductors.
title Geometry-Controlled Exciton Selectivity in Monolayer MoS2 Using Plasmonic Hollow Nanocavities
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07732