Anomalous Light Cones and Valley Optical Selection Rules of Interlayer Excitons in Twisted Heterobilayers

We show that, because of the inevitable twist and lattice mismatch in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides, interlayer excitons have sixfold degenerate light cones anomalously located at finite velocities on the parabolic energy dispersion. The photon emissions at each light cone are e...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2015-10, Vol.115 (18), p.187002-187002, Article 187002
Main Authors: Yu, Hongyi, Wang, Yong, Tong, Qingjun, Xu, Xiaodong, Yao, Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boron - chemistry
Boron Compounds - chemistry
Cones
Dispersions
Excitation
Excitons
Hardness
Helicity
Interlayers
Models, Chemical
Polarization
Tensile Strength
Tungsten Compounds - chemistry
Valleys
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Summary:We show that, because of the inevitable twist and lattice mismatch in heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides, interlayer excitons have sixfold degenerate light cones anomalously located at finite velocities on the parabolic energy dispersion. The photon emissions at each light cone are elliptically polarized, with the major axis locked to the direction of exciton velocity, and helicity specified by the valley indices of the electron and the hole. These finite-velocity light cones allow unprecedented possibilities for optically injecting valley polarization and valley current, and the observation of both direct and inverse valley Hall effects, by exciting interlayer excitons. Our findings suggest potential excitonic circuits with valley functionalities, and unique opportunities to study exciton dynamics and condensation phenomena in semiconducting 2D heterostructures.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.115.187002