Direct observation of non-equivalent valley in WSe$_{2}$ by ARPES with circularly polarized light.

ORAL

Abstract

Monolayer WSe$_{2}$ has spin band splitting at K point and non-equivalent valley which make it a good candidate for several applications such as valleytronic devices. Topological transport phenomena induced by valley Hall effect is supported by Berry's phase. Recently theoretical predictions indicated that Bloch electrons of monolayer WSe2 with broken inversion symmetry carry opposite sign of Berry's curvature between K and -K valley. It was recently reported that nontrivial Berry's phase of graphene was shown by Circular Dichroism pattern (CD-pattern) via ARPES with circular polarized light. To investigate Berry' curvature of WSe2, We performed CD-ARPES on 2H bulk WSe$_{2\, }$from the K(-K) to K(-K) point. Even though 2H bulk WSe$_{2}$ was measured on CD-pattern, its CD-pattern was analogous to monolayer WSe$_{2}$ because of short probing depth. We aruge that our results display on CD-pattern proportional to Berry's curvature in the momentum space and have anit-symmetry behavior with respect to gamma M line.

Authors

  • Soohyun Cho

    • Physics Department, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea & Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Korea
    • Yonsei University, ibs-cces
  • Garam Han

    • Seoul National University
  • Jonkwen Jung

    • Seoul National University
  • Jin-Hong Park

    • Seoul National University
  • Seung Ryong Park

    • Inchoen National University
  • Changyoung Kim

    • Seoul National University