Coherent Phonon-Mediated Many-Body Interaction in Monolayer WSe<sub>2</sub>
Jiading Zou, Ruidan Zhu, Jiayu Wang, Hanting Meng, Zhuan Wang, Hailong Chen, Yuxiang Weng
Abstract
Due to the strong Coulomb interaction, the optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are greatly determined by the emergence of many-body complexes such as excitons or trions. To fully realize the potential functionalities of these atomically thin materials, a comprehensive understanding of their many-body interaction mechanism is essential. Here, using the advanced femtosecond two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy technique combined with broadband transient absorption spectroscopy, a strong electron–exciton coupling effect in monolayer WSe 2 following the ultrafast photoexcitation is revealed. We demonstrate that such many-body complexes can be generated effectively through the band-edge optical excitation, with a ∼1.5 ps stabilization process. The coherent optical phonon plays a dominant role in this electron–exciton interaction, and the coherence of the electron (exciton)–phonon coupling can last for ∼4.5 ps. This finding offers new insight into the formation mechanism of photoinduced many-body complexes in TMDCs.