Unique Gap Structure and Symmetry of the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer VSe2

Single layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are excellent candidates for electronic applications beyond the graphene platform; many of them exhibit novel properties including charge density waves (CDWs) and magnetic ordering. CDWs in these single layers are generally a planar projectio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2018-11, Vol.121 (19), p.196402
Hauptverfasser: Chen, P, Pai, Woei Wu, Chan, Y-H, Madhavan, V, Chou, M Y, Mo, S-K, Fedorov, A-V, Chiang, T-C
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Zusammenfassung:Single layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are excellent candidates for electronic applications beyond the graphene platform; many of them exhibit novel properties including charge density waves (CDWs) and magnetic ordering. CDWs in these single layers are generally a planar projection of the corresponding bulk CDWs because of the quasi-two-dimensional nature of TMDCs; a different CDW symmetry is unexpected. We report herein the successful creation of pristine single-layer VSe2, which shows a (7×3) CDW in contrast to the (4×4) CDW for the layers in bulk VSe2. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy from the single layer shows a sizable (7×3) CDW gap of ~100 meV at the zone boundary, a 220 K CDW transition temperature twice the bulk value, and no ferromagnetic exchange splitting as predicted by theory. This robust CDW with an exotic broken symmetry as the ground state is explained via a first-principles analysis. The results illustrate a unique CDW phenomenon in the two-dimensional limit.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.196402