Valley-mediated singlet- and triplet-polaron interactions and quantum dynamics in a doped WSe$_2$ monolayer

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Main Authors: Ni, Yue, Huang, Di, Liang, Danfu, Liu, Albert, Liu, Xiaohui, Sampson, Kevin, Liu, Zhida, Quan, Jianmin, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Efimkin, Dmitry K., Levinsen, Jesper, Parish, Meera M., Li, Xiaoqin
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author Ni, Yue
Huang, Di
Liang, Danfu
Liu, Albert
Liu, Xiaohui
Sampson, Kevin
Liu, Zhida
Quan, Jianmin
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Efimkin, Dmitry K.
Levinsen, Jesper
Parish, Meera M.
Li, Xiaoqin
author_facet Ni, Yue
Huang, Di
Liang, Danfu
Liu, Albert
Liu, Xiaohui
Sampson, Kevin
Liu, Zhida
Quan, Jianmin
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Efimkin, Dmitry K.
Levinsen, Jesper
Parish, Meera M.
Li, Xiaoqin
contents In doped transition metal dichalcogenides, optically created excitons (bound electron-hole pairs) can strongly interact with a Fermi sea of electrons to form Fermi polaron quasiparticles. When there are two distinct Fermi seas, as is the case in WSe$_2$, there are two flavors of lowest-energy (attractive) polarons -- singlet and triplet -- where the exciton is coupled to the Fermi sea in the same or opposite valley, respectively. Using two-dimensional coherent electronic spectroscopy, we analyze how their quantum decoherence evolves with doping density and determine the condition under which stable Fermi polarons form. Because of the large oscillator strength associated with these resonances, intrinsic quantum dynamics of polarons as well as valley coherence between coupled singlet- and triplet polarons occur on sub-picosecond time scales. Surprisingly, we find that a dark-to-bright state conversion process leads to a particularly long-lived singlet polaron valley polarization, persisting up to 200-800 ps. Valley coherence between the singlet- and triplet polaron is correlated with their energy fluctuations. Our finding provides valuable guidance for the electrical and optical control of spin and valley indexes in atomically thin semiconductors.
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spellingShingle Valley-mediated singlet- and triplet-polaron interactions and quantum dynamics in a doped WSe$_2$ monolayer
Ni, Yue
Huang, Di
Liang, Danfu
Liu, Albert
Liu, Xiaohui
Sampson, Kevin
Liu, Zhida
Quan, Jianmin
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Efimkin, Dmitry K.
Levinsen, Jesper
Parish, Meera M.
Li, Xiaoqin
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
In doped transition metal dichalcogenides, optically created excitons (bound electron-hole pairs) can strongly interact with a Fermi sea of electrons to form Fermi polaron quasiparticles. When there are two distinct Fermi seas, as is the case in WSe$_2$, there are two flavors of lowest-energy (attractive) polarons -- singlet and triplet -- where the exciton is coupled to the Fermi sea in the same or opposite valley, respectively. Using two-dimensional coherent electronic spectroscopy, we analyze how their quantum decoherence evolves with doping density and determine the condition under which stable Fermi polarons form. Because of the large oscillator strength associated with these resonances, intrinsic quantum dynamics of polarons as well as valley coherence between coupled singlet- and triplet polarons occur on sub-picosecond time scales. Surprisingly, we find that a dark-to-bright state conversion process leads to a particularly long-lived singlet polaron valley polarization, persisting up to 200-800 ps. Valley coherence between the singlet- and triplet polaron is correlated with their energy fluctuations. Our finding provides valuable guidance for the electrical and optical control of spin and valley indexes in atomically thin semiconductors.
title Valley-mediated singlet- and triplet-polaron interactions and quantum dynamics in a doped WSe$_2$ monolayer
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02372