Black phosphorus(BP)stands out among two-dimensional(2D)semiconductors because of its high mobility andt hickness dependent direct bandgap. However, the quasiparticle bandstructure of ultrathin BP has remained inaccessible to experiment thus far. Here we use a recently developed laser-based micro focus angle resolved photoemission(μ-ARPES)system to establish the electronic structure of 2−9 layer BP from experiment. Our measurements unveil ladders of anisotropic, quantized subbands at energies that deviate from the scaling observed in conventional semiconductor quantum wells. We quantify the anisotropy of the effective masses and determine universal tight-binding parameters, which provide an accurate description of the electronic structure for all thicknesses.
Margot, F., Lisi, S., Cucchi, I., Cappelli, E., Hunter, A., Gutiérrez-Lezama, I., Ma, K., von Rohr, F., Berthod, C., Petocchi, F., Poncé, S., Marzari, N., Gibertini, M., Tamai, A., Morpurgo, A. F., & Baumberger, F. (2023). Electronic Structure of Few-Layer Black Phosphorus from μ-ARPES. Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, 23(14), 6433-6439. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01226 (Original work published 2023)