Fig. 2. Thickness-dependent spin polarization and the underlying mechanism in PbI2/WS2 heterostructures.
a, b Circularly polarized PL spectra of PbI2 and WS2 in PbI2/WS2 heterostructures with different thicknesses. c Degree of polarization ρ of PbI2 as a function of thickness of the heterostructures. The solid line represents the numerical simulation result. d, e Schematic illustrations of the resulting spin polarization in the thin and thick PbI2/WS2 heterostructures. The curled curves represent the incident light and the PL emissions. The red balls represent spin-down electrons, and the blue balls represent spin-up electrons.