Exciton migration in two-dimensional materials
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| author | Malakhov, Mikhail Cistaro, Giovanni Martín, Fernando Picón, Antonio |
| author_facet | Malakhov, Mikhail Cistaro, Giovanni Martín, Fernando Picón, Antonio |
| contents | Excitons play an essential role in the optical response of two-dimensional materials. These are bound states showing up in the band gaps of many-body systems and are conceived as quasiparticles formed by an electron and a hole. By performing real-time simulations in hBN, we show that an ultrashort (few-fs) UV pulse can produce a coherent superposition of excitonic states that induces an oscillatory motion of electrons and holes between different valleys in reciprocal space, leading to a sizeable exciton migration in real space. We also show that an ultrafast spectroscopy scheme based on the absorption of an attosecond pulse in combination with the UV pulse can be used to read out the laser-induced coherences, hence to extract the characteristic time for exciton migration. This work opens the door towards ultrafast electronics and valleytronics adding time as a control knob and exploiting electron coherence at the early times of excitation. |
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| spellingShingle | Exciton migration in two-dimensional materials Malakhov, Mikhail Cistaro, Giovanni Martín, Fernando Picón, Antonio Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Excitons play an essential role in the optical response of two-dimensional materials. These are bound states showing up in the band gaps of many-body systems and are conceived as quasiparticles formed by an electron and a hole. By performing real-time simulations in hBN, we show that an ultrashort (few-fs) UV pulse can produce a coherent superposition of excitonic states that induces an oscillatory motion of electrons and holes between different valleys in reciprocal space, leading to a sizeable exciton migration in real space. We also show that an ultrafast spectroscopy scheme based on the absorption of an attosecond pulse in combination with the UV pulse can be used to read out the laser-induced coherences, hence to extract the characteristic time for exciton migration. This work opens the door towards ultrafast electronics and valleytronics adding time as a control knob and exploiting electron coherence at the early times of excitation. |
| title | Exciton migration in two-dimensional materials |
| topic | Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.01190 |