Abstract
The absence of inversion symmetry leads to a strong spin-orbit splitting of the upper valence band of semiconducting single layer transition metal dichalchogenides such as MoS$_2$ or WS$_2$. This permits a direct comparison of the electron-phonon coupling strength in states that only differ by their spin. Here, the electron-phonon coupling in the valence band maximum of single-layer WS$_2$ is studied by first principles calculations and angle-resolved photoemission. The coupling strength is found to be drastically different for the two spin-split branches, with calculated values of $\lambda_K=$0.0021 and 0.40 for the upper and lower spin-split valence band of the free-standing layer, respectively. This difference is somewhat reduced when including scattering processes involving the Au(111) substrate present in the experiment and the experimental results confirm the strongly branch-dependent coupling strength.
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