Valley and spin splittings in a valley-layer-locked monolayer via atomic adsorption

Abstract

To date, a number of valley materials have been discovered with the spin-valley or valley-layer couplings. It is highly desirable to realize the interplay of more electronic degrees of freedom in a valley material. Based on the first-principles calculations, we demonstrate the valley and spin degeneracy liftings in the band structure of a TiSiCO monolayer, with the help of the selective expression of the layer pseudospin via atomic adsorption. The introduction of the transition-metal adatoms provides an effective electric field and magnetic proximity effect, giving rise to the valley and spin splittings. These splittings can be further tuned by applying an external electric field. According to the modified band structure, various interlayer excitons with different combinations of spins and electric dipoles are selectively created, under the optical field of appropriate frequencies. The tunable spin and valley splittings in atom adsorbed TiSiCO monolayer offer opportunities for exploring the interactions between spin, valley and layer pseudospin, and designing advanced optoelectronic devices.