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Hot Exciton Effect in Photoluminescence of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
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  • Ke Xiao,
  • Ruihuan Duan,
  • Zheng Liu,
  • Kenji Watanabe,
  • Takashi Taniguchi,
  • Wang Yao,
  • Xiaodong Cui
Ke Xiao
The University of Hong Kong

Corresponding Author:kexiao@hku.hk

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Ruihuan Duan
Nanyang Technological University
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Zheng Liu
Nanyang Technological University
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Kenji Watanabe
National Institute for Materials Science
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Takashi Taniguchi
National Institute for Materials Science
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Wang Yao
The University of Hong Kong
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Xiaodong Cui
The University of Hong Kong
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Abstract

Hot excitons are usually neglected in optical spectroscopy in 2D semiconductors for the sake of momentum conservation, as the majority of hot excitons are out of light cones. In this letter, we elaborate the contribution of hot excitons to optical properties of monolayer MoSe2 with photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy. With the excitation-intensity-dependent PL, temperature-dependent PL and PLE experiments combined with the simulations, we experimentally distinguish the influences of the exciton temperature and the lattice temperature in the PL spectrum. It is concluded that the acoustic phonon assisted photoluminescence accounts for the non-Lorentzian high energy tail in the PL spectrum and the hot exciton effect is significant to linear optical properties of TMDs. Besides, the effective exciton temperature is found to be several tens of Kelvin higher than the lattice temperature at non-resonant optical excitation. It indicates that the exciton temperature needs to be carefully taken into account when considering the exciton related quantum phase phenomena such as exciton condensation. It is experimentally demonstrated that the effective exciton temperature can be tuned by excitation energy.
06 Jul 2022Submitted to Natural Sciences
07 Jul 2022Submission Checks Completed
07 Jul 2022Assigned to Editor
15 Jul 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
30 Oct 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
31 Oct 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
06 Nov 20221st Revision Received
07 Nov 2022Submission Checks Completed
07 Nov 2022Assigned to Editor
07 Nov 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
07 Nov 2022Editorial Decision: Accept