Lattices of Islands of Electron-Hole Liquid in Dichalcogenides under Optical Pumping
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https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe70.2.118Keywords:
dichalcogenides, exciton gas, electron-hole liquid, two-dimensional latticesAbstract
The formation of islands of the electron-hole liquid in the case of uniform light irradiation of transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2 and MoTe2 has been simulated numerically. The kinetics of exciton capture by the islands has been considered, and the distribution of the exciton density around the islands has been calculated accounting for the correlation of islands’ positions in the exciton gas and the boundary conditions under various uniform pumping shapes. The size of the electron-hole liquid islands has been estimated. The optimal spatial arrangement of the electron-hole liquid islands and the dependence of the formed structure on the system’s parameters have been found.
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