We characterize experimentally and theoretically the collective electronic excitations in two prototypical layered transition-metal dichalcogenides, NbSe2 and Cu0.2NbS2. The energy- and momentum-dependent dynamical structure factor was measured by inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) spectroscopy and simulated by time-dependent density-functional theory. We find good agreement between theory and experiment, provided that Nb semicore states are taken into account together with crystal local-field effects. Both materials have very similar spectra, characterized by two main plasmons at 9 and 23 eV, which we show to both have π+σ character on the basis of a detailed analysis of the band structure. Finally, we discuss the role of the layer anisotropy in the dispersion of these plasmons.

High-energy collective electronic excitations in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides / Cudazzo, P.; Ruotsalainen, K. O.; Sahle, C. J.; Al-Zein, A.; Berger, H.; Navarro-Moratalla, E.; Huotari, S.; Gatti, M.; Rubio, A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 90:12(2014). [10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125125]

High-energy collective electronic excitations in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides

Cudazzo P.;
2014-01-01

Abstract

We characterize experimentally and theoretically the collective electronic excitations in two prototypical layered transition-metal dichalcogenides, NbSe2 and Cu0.2NbS2. The energy- and momentum-dependent dynamical structure factor was measured by inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) spectroscopy and simulated by time-dependent density-functional theory. We find good agreement between theory and experiment, provided that Nb semicore states are taken into account together with crystal local-field effects. Both materials have very similar spectra, characterized by two main plasmons at 9 and 23 eV, which we show to both have π+σ character on the basis of a detailed analysis of the band structure. Finally, we discuss the role of the layer anisotropy in the dispersion of these plasmons.
2014
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Cudazzo, P.; Ruotsalainen, K. O.; Sahle, C. J.; Al-Zein, A.; Berger, H.; Navarro-Moratalla, E.; Huotari, S.; Gatti, M.; Rubio, A.
High-energy collective electronic excitations in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides / Cudazzo, P.; Ruotsalainen, K. O.; Sahle, C. J.; Al-Zein, A.; Berger, H.; Navarro-Moratalla, E.; Huotari, S.; Gatti, M.; Rubio, A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 90:12(2014). [10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125125]
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