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Doping two-dimensional materials significantly alters excitonic effects. Our study shows doping tunes exciton binding energy and peak position, crucial for understanding optical properties and developing new theories for charged excitations like trions.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Excitonic effects significantly influence the optical properties of 2D materials.
  • Free carrier doping can substantially modify these excitonic effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the impact of doping on excitonic effects in 2D materials.
  • Quantitatively interpret optical properties of doped 2D materials.
  • Advance ab initio theories for charged excitations like trions.

Main Methods:

  • Solving the first-principles Bethe-Salpeter equation.
  • Incorporating dynamical screening effects using a sum-rule preserving generalized plasmon-pole model.
  • Utilizing monolayer MoS2 as a model system.

Main Results:

  • Moderate doping tunes exciton binding energy by hundreds of meV.
  • Exciton peak position remains nearly constant at moderate doping due to band gap renormalization.
  • At higher doping, exciton peak position increases linearly and merges into a Fermi-edge singularity.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamical screening is crucial for understanding doped 2D materials.
  • The interplay between binding energy and band gap renormalization affects optical properties.
  • Results provide insights for interpreting optical spectra and developing theories for charged excitations.