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Main Authors: Gosetti, Valentina, Cervantes-Villanueva, Jorge, Sangalli, Davide, Molina-Sánchez, Alejandro, Agekyan, Vadim F., Giannetti, Claudio, Sangaletti, Luigi, Mor, Selene, Pagliara, Stefania
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11964
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author Gosetti, Valentina
Cervantes-Villanueva, Jorge
Sangalli, Davide
Molina-Sánchez, Alejandro
Agekyan, Vadim F.
Giannetti, Claudio
Sangaletti, Luigi
Mor, Selene
Pagliara, Stefania
author_facet Gosetti, Valentina
Cervantes-Villanueva, Jorge
Sangalli, Davide
Molina-Sánchez, Alejandro
Agekyan, Vadim F.
Giannetti, Claudio
Sangaletti, Luigi
Mor, Selene
Pagliara, Stefania
contents The measurement and manipulation of the coherent dynamics of excitonic states constitute a forefront research challenge in semiconductor optics and in quantum coherence-based protocols for optoelectronic technologies. Layered semiconductors have emerged as an ideal platform for the study of exciton dynamics with accessible and technologically relevant energy and time scales. Here, we investigate the sub-picosecond exciton dynamics in a van-der-Waals semiconductor upon quasi-resonant excitation, and achieve to single out an incipient coherent excitonic state. Combining broadband transient reflectance spectroscopy and simulations based on many-body perturbation theory, we reveal a transient enhancement of the excitonic line intensity that originates from the photoinduced coherent polarization that is phase-locked with the interacting electromagnetic field. This finding allows us to define the spectral signature of a coherent excitonic state and to experimentally track the dynamical crossover from coherent to incoherent exciton, unlocking the prospective optical control of an exciton population on the intrinsic quantum-coherence timescale.
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spellingShingle Detection of a coherent excitonic state in the layered semiconductor BiI$_{3}$
Gosetti, Valentina
Cervantes-Villanueva, Jorge
Sangalli, Davide
Molina-Sánchez, Alejandro
Agekyan, Vadim F.
Giannetti, Claudio
Sangaletti, Luigi
Mor, Selene
Pagliara, Stefania
Materials Science
The measurement and manipulation of the coherent dynamics of excitonic states constitute a forefront research challenge in semiconductor optics and in quantum coherence-based protocols for optoelectronic technologies. Layered semiconductors have emerged as an ideal platform for the study of exciton dynamics with accessible and technologically relevant energy and time scales. Here, we investigate the sub-picosecond exciton dynamics in a van-der-Waals semiconductor upon quasi-resonant excitation, and achieve to single out an incipient coherent excitonic state. Combining broadband transient reflectance spectroscopy and simulations based on many-body perturbation theory, we reveal a transient enhancement of the excitonic line intensity that originates from the photoinduced coherent polarization that is phase-locked with the interacting electromagnetic field. This finding allows us to define the spectral signature of a coherent excitonic state and to experimentally track the dynamical crossover from coherent to incoherent exciton, unlocking the prospective optical control of an exciton population on the intrinsic quantum-coherence timescale.
title Detection of a coherent excitonic state in the layered semiconductor BiI$_{3}$
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11964