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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanoscience

Background:

  • Stacking monolayer semiconductors creates moiré patterns, enabling correlated and topological electronic phenomena.
  • Experimental measurements of the electronic structure in these systems are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the conduction band properties of WS2/WSe2 moiré heterobilayers.
  • To understand the role of moiré potential in modifying electronic band structures.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized submicrometer angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES).
  • Employed electrostatic gating for tunable control.
  • Analyzed moiré heterobilayers of WS2/WSe2 at various twist angles.

Main Results:

  • Identified the conduction band edge at the K-point valley of WS2 with a band gap of 1.58 ± 0.03 eV.
  • Determined an effective mass of 0.15 ± 0.02 me from the conduction band dispersion.
  • Observed moiré superlattice replicas of the conduction band, attributed to moiré potential modification of electronic states.

Conclusions:

  • The moiré potential significantly influences the electronic band structure, creating replicas of the conduction band.
  • Reduced 3-fold symmetry in replica intensity suggests the involvement of in-plane strain and pseudo-vector potential in moiré band formation.