Coupled femto-excitons, free carriers and light
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| author | Gill, Deepika Shallcross, Sam Chen, Wenhan Dewhurst, J. Kay Sharma, Sangeeta |
| author_facet | Gill, Deepika Shallcross, Sam Chen, Wenhan Dewhurst, J. Kay Sharma, Sangeeta |
| contents | Non-equilibrium quantum matter generated by ultrafast laser light opens new pathways in fundamental condensed matter physics, as well as offering rich control possibilities in "tailoring matter by light". Here we explore the coupling between free carriers and excitons mediated by femtosecond scale laser pulses. Employing monolayer WSe$_2$ and an {\it ab-initio} treatment of pump-probe spectroscopy we find that, counter-intuitively, laser light resonant with the exciton can generate massive enhancement of the early time free carrier population. This exhibits complex dynamical correlation to the excitons, with an oscillatory coupling between free carrier population and exciton peak height that persists. Our results both unveil "femto-excitons" as possessing a rich femtosecond dynamics as well as, we argue, allowing tailoring of early time light-matter interaction via laser pulse design to control simultaneously excitonic and free carrier physics at ultrafast times. |
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| spellingShingle | Coupled femto-excitons, free carriers and light Gill, Deepika Shallcross, Sam Chen, Wenhan Dewhurst, J. Kay Sharma, Sangeeta Materials Science Non-equilibrium quantum matter generated by ultrafast laser light opens new pathways in fundamental condensed matter physics, as well as offering rich control possibilities in "tailoring matter by light". Here we explore the coupling between free carriers and excitons mediated by femtosecond scale laser pulses. Employing monolayer WSe$_2$ and an {\it ab-initio} treatment of pump-probe spectroscopy we find that, counter-intuitively, laser light resonant with the exciton can generate massive enhancement of the early time free carrier population. This exhibits complex dynamical correlation to the excitons, with an oscillatory coupling between free carrier population and exciton peak height that persists. Our results both unveil "femto-excitons" as possessing a rich femtosecond dynamics as well as, we argue, allowing tailoring of early time light-matter interaction via laser pulse design to control simultaneously excitonic and free carrier physics at ultrafast times. |
| title | Coupled femto-excitons, free carriers and light |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04476 |