Valley polarization in MoS2 monolayers by optical pumping

Hualing Zeng, Junfeng Dai, Wang Yao, Di Xiao, Xiaodong Cui

Published 2012-02-08Version 1

We report experimental evidences on selective occupation of the degenerate valleys in MoS2 monolayers by circularly polarized optical pumping. Over 30% valley polarization has been observed at K and K' valley via the polarization resolved luminescence spectra on pristine MoS2 monolayers. It demonstrates one viable way to generate and detect valley polarization towards the conceptual valleytronics applications with information carried by the valley index.