Spatially-resolved multiphoton photoemission from a lateral transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructure
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) in their monolayer form offer a premier platform for next-generation optoelectronics, particularly through the local manipulation of their robust excitonic states using nanoscale electric fields. These localized states can be dynamically controlled through spatial structuring as well as through ultrafast field modulations driven by tailored optical pulses. Characterizing the resulting rapid, nanoscale charge carrier dynamics requires a technique with exceptional spatial and temporal resolution. Here, we report on the spatio-temporally resolved investigation of ground state and excited state photoemission from a lateral heterostructure built of monolayers of WSe$_2$ and MoSe$_2$ using few-cycle light pulses with a photon energy of 0.62 eV. We utilize photoemission electron microscopy to spatially resolve the highly nonlinear photoemission from the monolayer structure with few tens of nanometer resolution. By varying the laser pulse energy, we extract the nonlinearity of the photoemission process and thus the dynamic binding energy of the photoelectrons before and after optical excitation with high spatial and temporal resolution.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1957822890, G2580540637, G2620414378, Untersuchung der Rolle von intrinsischen Defekten für optische und optoelektronische Eigenschaften von ÜbergangsmetallDichalkogenidMonolagen und lateralen Heterostrukturen, die durch maßgeschneiderte Synthese hergestellt wurden, Dipolare Exzitonen und Kopplung zwischen Monolagen: Optik, Dynamik und Transport in JanusTMDHeterostrukturen, AttosekundenLadungsträgerdynamik an nanoskaligen Grenzflächen
OpenAlex ID: W7207877862