Evidence for Exciton Crystals in a 2D Semiconductor Heterotrilayer
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| author | Bai, Yusong Li, Yiliu Liu, Song Guo, Yinjie Pack, Jordan Wang, Jue Dean, Cory R. Hone, James Zhu, X. -Y. |
| author_facet | Bai, Yusong Li, Yiliu Liu, Song Guo, Yinjie Pack, Jordan Wang, Jue Dean, Cory R. Hone, James Zhu, X. -Y. |
| contents | Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) and their moiré interfaces have been demonstrated for correlated electron states, including Mott insulators and electron/hole crystals commensurate with moiré superlattices. Here we present spectroscopic evidences for ordered bosons - interlayer exciton crystals in a WSe2/MoSe2/WSe2 trilayer, where the enhanced Coulomb interactions over those in heterobilayers have been predicted to result in exciton ordering. While the dipolar interlayer excitons in the heterobilayer may be ordered by the periodic moiré traps, their mutual repulsion results in de-trapping at exciton density n_ex larger than 10^11 cm^-2 to form mobile exciton gases and further to electron-hole plasmas, both accompanied by broadening in photoluminescence (PL) peaks and large increases in mobility. In contrast, ordered interlayer excitons in the trilayer are characterized by negligible mobility and by sharper PL peaks persisting to n_ex approximately 10^12 cm^-2. We present evidences for the predicted quadrupolar exciton crystal and its transitions to dipolar excitons either with increasing n_ex or by an applied electric field. These ordered interlayer excitons may serve as models for the exploration of quantum phase transitions and quantum coherent phenomena. |
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| spellingShingle | Evidence for Exciton Crystals in a 2D Semiconductor Heterotrilayer Bai, Yusong Li, Yiliu Liu, Song Guo, Yinjie Pack, Jordan Wang, Jue Dean, Cory R. Hone, James Zhu, X. -Y. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) and their moiré interfaces have been demonstrated for correlated electron states, including Mott insulators and electron/hole crystals commensurate with moiré superlattices. Here we present spectroscopic evidences for ordered bosons - interlayer exciton crystals in a WSe2/MoSe2/WSe2 trilayer, where the enhanced Coulomb interactions over those in heterobilayers have been predicted to result in exciton ordering. While the dipolar interlayer excitons in the heterobilayer may be ordered by the periodic moiré traps, their mutual repulsion results in de-trapping at exciton density n_ex larger than 10^11 cm^-2 to form mobile exciton gases and further to electron-hole plasmas, both accompanied by broadening in photoluminescence (PL) peaks and large increases in mobility. In contrast, ordered interlayer excitons in the trilayer are characterized by negligible mobility and by sharper PL peaks persisting to n_ex approximately 10^12 cm^-2. We present evidences for the predicted quadrupolar exciton crystal and its transitions to dipolar excitons either with increasing n_ex or by an applied electric field. These ordered interlayer excitons may serve as models for the exploration of quantum phase transitions and quantum coherent phenomena. |
| title | Evidence for Exciton Crystals in a 2D Semiconductor Heterotrilayer |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09601 |