Dynamical Control of Excitons in Atomically Thin Semiconductors

Excitons in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as a promising platform for novel applications ranging from optoelectronic devices to quantum optics and solid state quantum simulators. While much progress has been made towards characterizing and controlling excitons in TMDs, manipul...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-07
Main Authors: Peterson, Eric L, Andersen, Trond I, Scuri, Giovanni, Joe, Andrew Y, Mier Valdivia, Andrés M, Liu, Xiaoling, Zibrov, Alexander A, Kim, Bumho, Taniguchi, Takashi, Watanabe, Kenji, Hone, James, Walther, Valentin, Park, Hongkun, Kim, Philip, Lukin, Mikhail D
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Language:English
Subjects:
Data processing
Decay rate
Dipole moments
Electric fields
Electron transport
Excitons
Heterostructures
Information processing
Interlayers
Optoelectronic devices
Quantum optics
Service life assessment
Simulators
Transition metal compounds
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Summary:Excitons in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as a promising platform for novel applications ranging from optoelectronic devices to quantum optics and solid state quantum simulators. While much progress has been made towards characterizing and controlling excitons in TMDs, manipulating their properties during the course of their lifetime - a key requirement for many optoelectronic device and information processing modalities - remains an outstanding challenge. Here we combine long-lived interlayer excitons in angle-aligned MoSe\(_2\)/WSe\(_2\) heterostructures with fast electrical control to realize dynamical control schemes, in which exciton properties are not predetermined at the time of excitation but can be dynamically manipulated during their lifetime. Leveraging the out-of-plane exciton dipole moment, we use electric fields to demonstrate dynamical control over the exciton emission wavelength. Moreover, employing a patterned gate geometry, we demonstrate rapid local sample doping and toggling of the radiative decay rate through exciton-charge interactions during the exciton lifetime. Spatially mapping the exciton response reveals charge redistribution, offering a novel probe of electronic transport in twisted TMD heterostructures. Our results establish the feasibility of dynamical exciton control schemes, unlocking new directions for exciton-based information processing and optoelectronic devices, and the realization of excitonic phenomena in TMDs.
ISSN:2331-8422