Ab initio study of spin-orbit coupling in bilayer MoSe2 and WSe2
摘要
The density functional theory is used to study MoSe2 and WSe2 bilayers. The calculated band structures show an indirect gap (Γ–Q). The spin-orbit coupling and the interlayer hopping split the bands into sub-bands despite global degeneracy. The effective masses and ΔSO(k) are analyzed. A sign reversal in conduction band splitting between MoSe2 and WSe2 stems from the metal d and chalcogen p orbital competition. The valence splitting at K (0.245 and 0.477 eV) matches the experiment. WSe2 shows higher hybridization sensitivity. The results aid the spin-valley device design by quantifying the spin-dependent energy windows.