The electromagnetic field confinement and amplification typical of nano-sized metallic objects supporting localized surface plasmon resonances, i.e., light-induced collective electronic oscillations, can significantly strengthen the interaction of light with atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides. In view of the realization of plasmon-enhanced devices, it is crucial to investigate the effects induced by light confinement within metallic nanostructures on the excitonic properties of these materials at the nanoscale. Here, we exploit tip-enhanced photoluminescence spectroscopy to locally control the excitons of monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) coupled with gold nanotriangles in the quantum tunneling regime. The spatial resolution of 10 nm in the tip-enhanced photoluminescence measurements made it possible to image the light-emission related properties of monolayer MoS2 across one single metallic nanostructure and to investigate the effect of the plasmonic enhancement on its photoluminescence peak. Moreover, by taking advantage of the degree of freedom given by the tuning of the tip-sample distance; it was possible to probe the effect of the plasmonic pico-cavity size on the photoluminescence quenching rate of monolayer MoS2.
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Controlling excitons in the quantum tunneling regime in a hybrid plasmonic/2D semiconductor interface
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September 2022
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July 01 2022
Controlling excitons in the quantum tunneling regime in a hybrid plasmonic/2D semiconductor interface
M. Ferrera
;
M. Ferrera
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft)
1
OptMatLab, Department of Physics, University of Genoa
, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
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M. Rahaman
;
M. Rahaman
a)
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft)
2
Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology
, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: mahfujur.rahaman@physik.tu-chemnitz.de
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S. Sanders
;
S. Sanders
(Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
3
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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Y. Pan
;
Y. Pan
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
2
Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology
, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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I. Milekhin
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I. Milekhin
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
2
Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology
, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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S. Gemming
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S. Gemming
(Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
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Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology
, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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A. Alabastri
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A. Alabastri
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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F. Bisio
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F. Bisio
(Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
4
CNR-SPIN
, I-16152 Genoa, Italy
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M. Canepa
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M. Canepa
(Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
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OptMatLab, Department of Physics, University of Genoa
, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
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D. R. T. Zahn
D. R. T. Zahn
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Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: mahfujur.rahaman@physik.tu-chemnitz.de
Appl. Phys. Rev. 9, 031401 (2022)
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Received:
November 09 2021
Accepted:
June 07 2022
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M. Ferrera, M. Rahaman, S. Sanders, Y. Pan, I. Milekhin, S. Gemming, A. Alabastri, F. Bisio, M. Canepa, D. R. T. Zahn; Controlling excitons in the quantum tunneling regime in a hybrid plasmonic/2D semiconductor interface. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1 September 2022; 9 (3): 031401. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0078068
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