Circumventing the polariton bottleneck via dark excitons in 2D semiconductors

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Main Authors: Fitzgerald, Jamie M., Rosati, Roberto, Ferreira, Beatriz, Shan, Hangyong, Schneider, Christian, Malic, Ermin
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author Fitzgerald, Jamie M.
Rosati, Roberto
Ferreira, Beatriz
Shan, Hangyong
Schneider, Christian
Malic, Ermin
author_facet Fitzgerald, Jamie M.
Rosati, Roberto
Ferreira, Beatriz
Shan, Hangyong
Schneider, Christian
Malic, Ermin
contents Efficient scattering into the exciton polariton ground state is a key prerequisite for generating Bose-Einstein condensates and low-threshold polariton lasing. However, this can be challenging to achieve at low densities due to the polariton bottleneck effect that impedes phonon-driven scattering into low-momentum polariton states. The rich exciton landscape of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provides potential intervalley scattering pathways via dark excitons to rapidly populate these polaritons. Here, we present a microscopic study exploring the time- and momentum-resolved relaxation of exciton polaritons supported by a \ce{MoSe2} monolayer integrated within a Fabry-Perot cavity. By exploiting phonon-assisted transitions between momentum-dark excitons and the lower polariton branch, we demonstrate that it is possible to circumvent the bottleneck region and efficiently populate the polariton ground state. Furthermore, this intervalley pathway is predicted to give rise to, yet unobserved, angle-resolved phonon sidebands in low-temperature photoluminescence spectra that are associated with momentum-dark excitons. This represents a distinctive experimental signature for efficient phonon-mediated polariton-dark-exciton interactions.
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spellingShingle Circumventing the polariton bottleneck via dark excitons in 2D semiconductors
Fitzgerald, Jamie M.
Rosati, Roberto
Ferreira, Beatriz
Shan, Hangyong
Schneider, Christian
Malic, Ermin
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Efficient scattering into the exciton polariton ground state is a key prerequisite for generating Bose-Einstein condensates and low-threshold polariton lasing. However, this can be challenging to achieve at low densities due to the polariton bottleneck effect that impedes phonon-driven scattering into low-momentum polariton states. The rich exciton landscape of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provides potential intervalley scattering pathways via dark excitons to rapidly populate these polaritons. Here, we present a microscopic study exploring the time- and momentum-resolved relaxation of exciton polaritons supported by a \ce{MoSe2} monolayer integrated within a Fabry-Perot cavity. By exploiting phonon-assisted transitions between momentum-dark excitons and the lower polariton branch, we demonstrate that it is possible to circumvent the bottleneck region and efficiently populate the polariton ground state. Furthermore, this intervalley pathway is predicted to give rise to, yet unobserved, angle-resolved phonon sidebands in low-temperature photoluminescence spectra that are associated with momentum-dark excitons. This represents a distinctive experimental signature for efficient phonon-mediated polariton-dark-exciton interactions.
title Circumventing the polariton bottleneck via dark excitons in 2D semiconductors
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03825