Room temperature near unity spin polarization in 2D Van der Waals heterostructures

In two-dimensional semiconductors, light can generate spin polarisations, however this effect is typically limited to low temperatures. By combining Lead Iodide (PbI2) with transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), the authors demonstrate room temperature light induced near-unity spin polarisations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Danliang Zhang, Ying Liu, Mai He, Ao Zhang, Shula Chen, Qingjun Tong, Lanyu Huang, Zhiyuan Zhou, Weihao Zheng, Mingxing Chen, Kai Braun, Alfred J. Meixner, Xiao Wang, Anlian Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18307-w