Van der Waals waveguide quantum electrodynamics probed by infrared nano-photoluminescence

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Hauptverfasser: Moore, Samuel L., Lee, Hae Yeon, Rivera, Nicholas, Karube, Yuzuka, Ziffer, Mark, Yanev, Emanuil S., Darlington, Thomas P., Sternbach, Aaron J., Holbrook, Madisen A., Pack, Jordan, Xu, Xiaodong, Dean, Cory R., Owen, Jonathan S., Schuck, P. James, Delor, Milan, Zhu, Xiaoyang, Hone, James, Basov, Dmitri N.
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author Moore, Samuel L.
Lee, Hae Yeon
Rivera, Nicholas
Karube, Yuzuka
Ziffer, Mark
Yanev, Emanuil S.
Darlington, Thomas P.
Sternbach, Aaron J.
Holbrook, Madisen A.
Pack, Jordan
Xu, Xiaodong
Dean, Cory R.
Owen, Jonathan S.
Schuck, P. James
Delor, Milan
Zhu, Xiaoyang
Hone, James
Basov, Dmitri N.
author_facet Moore, Samuel L.
Lee, Hae Yeon
Rivera, Nicholas
Karube, Yuzuka
Ziffer, Mark
Yanev, Emanuil S.
Darlington, Thomas P.
Sternbach, Aaron J.
Holbrook, Madisen A.
Pack, Jordan
Xu, Xiaodong
Dean, Cory R.
Owen, Jonathan S.
Schuck, P. James
Delor, Milan
Zhu, Xiaoyang
Hone, James
Basov, Dmitri N.
contents Atomically layered van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit remarkable properties, including highly-confined infrared waveguide modes and the capacity for infrared emission in the monolayer limit. Here, we engineered structures that leverage both of these nano-optical functionalities. Specifically, we encased a photoluminescing atomic sheet of MoTe2 within two bulk crystals of WSe2, forming a vdW waveguide for the embedded light-emitting monolayer. The modified electromagnetic environment offered by the WSe2 waveguide alters MoTe2 spontaneous emission, a phenomenon we directly image with our interferometric nano-photoluminescence technique. We captured spatially-oscillating nanoscale patterns prompted by spontaneous emission from MoTe2 into waveguide modes of WSe2 slabs. We quantify the resulting Purcell-enhanced emission rate within the framework of a waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) model, relating the MoTe2 spontaneous emission rate to the measured waveguide dispersion. Our work marks a significant advance in the implementation of all-vdW QED waveguides.
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spellingShingle Van der Waals waveguide quantum electrodynamics probed by infrared nano-photoluminescence
Moore, Samuel L.
Lee, Hae Yeon
Rivera, Nicholas
Karube, Yuzuka
Ziffer, Mark
Yanev, Emanuil S.
Darlington, Thomas P.
Sternbach, Aaron J.
Holbrook, Madisen A.
Pack, Jordan
Xu, Xiaodong
Dean, Cory R.
Owen, Jonathan S.
Schuck, P. James
Delor, Milan
Zhu, Xiaoyang
Hone, James
Basov, Dmitri N.
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Atomically layered van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit remarkable properties, including highly-confined infrared waveguide modes and the capacity for infrared emission in the monolayer limit. Here, we engineered structures that leverage both of these nano-optical functionalities. Specifically, we encased a photoluminescing atomic sheet of MoTe2 within two bulk crystals of WSe2, forming a vdW waveguide for the embedded light-emitting monolayer. The modified electromagnetic environment offered by the WSe2 waveguide alters MoTe2 spontaneous emission, a phenomenon we directly image with our interferometric nano-photoluminescence technique. We captured spatially-oscillating nanoscale patterns prompted by spontaneous emission from MoTe2 into waveguide modes of WSe2 slabs. We quantify the resulting Purcell-enhanced emission rate within the framework of a waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) model, relating the MoTe2 spontaneous emission rate to the measured waveguide dispersion. Our work marks a significant advance in the implementation of all-vdW QED waveguides.
title Van der Waals waveguide quantum electrodynamics probed by infrared nano-photoluminescence
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10295