Interaction induced AC-Stark shift of exciton-polaron resonances

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Main Authors: Uto, Takahiro, Evrard, Bertrand, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Kroner, Martin, Imamoglu, Atac
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Published: 2023
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author Uto, Takahiro
Evrard, Bertrand
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Kroner, Martin
Imamoglu, Atac
author_facet Uto, Takahiro
Evrard, Bertrand
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Kroner, Martin
Imamoglu, Atac
contents Laser induced shift of atomic states due to the AC-Stark effect has played a central role in cold-atom physics and facilitated their emergence as analog quantum simulators. Here, we explore this phenomena in an atomically thin layer of semiconductor MoSe$_2$, which we embedded in a heterostructure enabling charge tunability. Shining an intense pump laser with a small detuning from the material resonances, we generate a large population of virtual collective excitations, and achieve a regime where interactions with this background population is the leading contribution to the AC-Stark shift. Using this technique we study how itinerant charges modify -- and dramatically enhance -- the interactions between optical excitations. In particular, our experiments show that the interaction between attractive polarons could be more than an order of magnitude stronger than those between bare excitons.
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spellingShingle Interaction induced AC-Stark shift of exciton-polaron resonances
Uto, Takahiro
Evrard, Bertrand
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Kroner, Martin
Imamoglu, Atac
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Laser induced shift of atomic states due to the AC-Stark effect has played a central role in cold-atom physics and facilitated their emergence as analog quantum simulators. Here, we explore this phenomena in an atomically thin layer of semiconductor MoSe$_2$, which we embedded in a heterostructure enabling charge tunability. Shining an intense pump laser with a small detuning from the material resonances, we generate a large population of virtual collective excitations, and achieve a regime where interactions with this background population is the leading contribution to the AC-Stark shift. Using this technique we study how itinerant charges modify -- and dramatically enhance -- the interactions between optical excitations. In particular, our experiments show that the interaction between attractive polarons could be more than an order of magnitude stronger than those between bare excitons.
title Interaction induced AC-Stark shift of exciton-polaron resonances
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01778