Anomalous rotation of the linearly polarized emission of bright excitons in strained WSe2 monolayers under high magnetic fields

Abstract

Linearly polarized microphotoluminescence ($\ensuremath{\mu}$-PL) measurements of strained ${\mathrm{WSe}}_{2}$ monolayers in out-of-plane high magnetic fields are presented. At low temperature, a splitting of the bright exciton emission into two exciton components is observed, which is attributed to an in-plane uniaxial strain based on the full polarization dependence of the photoluminescence spectrum. High magnetic field measurements directly reveal a distinct evolution of the linear polarization and allows us to extract the valley coherence time constants (${T}_{s2}^{*}$) for both exciton components. For the high-energy transition of the exciton, the valley coherence time $\ensuremath{\simeq}0.45$ ps, closely matching ${T}_{s2}^{*}$ of an unstrained monolayer ($\ensuremath{\simeq}0.34$ ps). For the low-energy exciton, however, ${T}_{s2}^{*}$ is four times larger, $\ensuremath{\simeq}1.97$ ps. This valley coherence time observed here may be explored for future valleytronic applications.