Strain tuning of the emission axis of quantum emitters in an atomically thin semiconductor
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Chakraborty, Chitraleema
Moon, Hyowon
Englund, Dirk R.
Date Issued
June 2020
Journal
Optica
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The Optical Society
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Chakraborty, Chitraleema et al. “Strain tuning of the emission axis of quantum emitters in an atomically thin semiconductor.” Optica, 7, 6 (June 2020): 2334-2536 © 2020 The Author(s)
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Abstract
Strain engineering is a natural route to control the electronic and optical properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. Recently, 2D semiconductors have also been demonstrated as an intriguing host of strain-induced quantum-confined emitters with unique valley properties inherited from the host semiconductor. Here, we study the continuous and reversible tuning of the light emitted by such localized emitters in a monolayer tungsten diselenide embedded in a van der Waals heterostructure. Biaxial strain is applied on the emitters via strain transfer from a lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) piezoelectric substrate. Efficient modulation of the emission energy of several localized emitters up to 10 meV has been demonstrated on application of a voltage on the piezoelectric substrate. Further, we also find that the emission axis rotates by ∼ 40◦ as the magnitude of the biaxial strain is varied on these emitters. These results elevate the prospect of using all electrically controlled devices where the property of the localized emitters in a 2D host can be engineered with elastic fields for an integrated opto-electronics and nano-photonics platform.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.377886
