Exciton Dephasing in Tungsten Diselenide Atomic Layer

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2020 Jul 1;20(7):4502-4504. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2020.17593.

Abstract

An intrinsic exciton dephasing is the coherence loss of exciton dipole oscillation, while the total exciton dephasing originates from coherence loss due to exciton-exciton interaction and excitonphonon coupling. In this article, the total exciton dephasing time of tungsten diselenide (WSe₂) atomic layers was analyzed as functions of excitation intensity with exciton-exciton coupling strength and temperature with exciton-phonon coupling strength. It was hypothesized that the total exciton dephasing time is shortened as the exciton-exciton interaction and the exciton-phonon coupling are increased. The coherence loss analysis revealed that the exciton dephasing time of WSe₂ atomic layers is due to mainly the temperature rather than the excitation intensity.