Plasmons and screening in a monolayer of MoS2

We investigate the dynamical dielectric function of a monolayer of molybdenum disulfide within the random phase approximation. While in graphene damping of plasmons is caused by interband transitions, due to the large direct band gap in monolayer MoS2 collective charge excitations enter the intraban...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Scholz, Andreas, Stauber, Tobias, Schliemann, John
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/669910
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/669910
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035135
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
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Sumario:We investigate the dynamical dielectric function of a monolayer of molybdenum disulfide within the random phase approximation. While in graphene damping of plasmons is caused by interband transitions, due to the large direct band gap in monolayer MoS2 collective charge excitations enter the intraband electron hole continuum similarly to the situation in two-dimensional electron and hole gases. Since there is no electron-hole symmetry in MoS 2, the plasmon energies in p- and n-doped samples clearly differ. The breaking of spin degeneracy caused by the large intrinsic spin-orbit interaction leads to a beating of Friedel oscillations for sufficiently large carrier concentrations, for holes as well as for electrons