Anisotropic attosecond charge carrier dynamics and layer decoupling in quasi-2D layered SnS2

Calley N. Eads, Dmytro Bandak, Mahesh R. Neupane, Dennis Nordlund and Oliver L. A. Monti ()
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Calley N. Eads: University of Arizona
Dmytro Bandak: University of Arizona
Mahesh R. Neupane: US Army Research Laboratory
Dennis Nordlund: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Oliver L. A. Monti: University of Arizona

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Strong quantum confinement effects lead to striking new physics in two-dimensional materials such as graphene or transition metal dichalcogenides. While spectroscopic fingerprints of such quantum confinement have been demonstrated widely, the consequences for carrier dynamics are at present less clear, particularly on ultrafast timescales. This is important for tailoring, probing, and understanding spin and electron dynamics in layered and two-dimensional materials even in cases where the desired bandgap engineering has been achieved. Here we show by means of core–hole clock spectroscopy that SnS2 exhibits spin-dependent attosecond charge delocalization times (τ deloc) for carriers confined within a layer, τ deloc 2.7 fs. These layer decoupling dynamics are a direct consequence of strongly anisotropic screening established within attoseconds, and demonstrate that important two-dimensional characteristics are also present in bulk crystals of van der Waals-layered materials, at least on ultrafast timescales.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01522-3

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