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Dissecting intervalley coupling mechanisms in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides

O. Dogadov, H. Mittenzwey, M. Bertolotti, N. Olsen, T. Deckert, C. Trovatello, X. Zhu, D. Brida, G. Cerullo, A. Knorr, and S. Dal Conte – 2026

Monolayer (1L) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide a unique opportunity to control the valley degree of freedom of optically excited charge carriers due to the spin-valley locking effect. However, a unified picture of competing intervalley coupling processes in 1L-TMDs is lacking. Here, we apply broadband helicity-resolved transient absorption to explore exciton valley polarization dynamics in 1L-WSe(2). By combining experimental results with microscopic simulations, we dissect individual intervalley coupling mechanisms and reveal the crucial role of phonon-assisted scattering in the fast decay of the A exciton circular dichroism and the formation of the dichroism of opposite polarity for the B exciton. We further provide a consistent description of the valley depolarization driven by an intervalley-exchange-activating momentum-dark Dexter process and indicate the presence of efficient single electron spin-flip mechanisms. Our study advances understanding of exciton dynamics in TMDs.

Title
Dissecting intervalley coupling mechanisms in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides
Author
O. Dogadov, H. Mittenzwey, M. Bertolotti, N. Olsen, T. Deckert, C. Trovatello, X. Zhu, D. Brida, G. Cerullo, A. Knorr, and S. Dal Conte
Publisher
npj 2D Materials and Applications
Keywords
A03
Date
2026
Type
Text