Quantum siphoning of finely spaced interlayer excitons in reconstructed MoSe2/WSe2 heterostructures
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| author | Mondal, Mainak Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Chaudhary, Gaurav Singh, Akshay |
| author_facet | Mondal, Mainak Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Chaudhary, Gaurav Singh, Akshay |
| contents | Atomic reconstruction in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures leads to mesoscopic domains with uniform atomic registry, profoundly altering the local potential landscape. While interlayer excitons in these domains exhibit strong many-body interactions, extent and impact of quantum confinement on their dynamics remains unclear. Here, we reveal that quantum confinement persists in these flat, reconstructed regions. Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy uncovers multiple, finely-spaced interlayer exciton states (~ 1 meV separation), and correlated emission lifetimes spanning sub-nanosecond to over 100 nanoseconds across a 10 meV energy window. Cascade-like transitions confirm that these states originate from a single potential well, further supported by calculations. Remarkably, at high excitation rates, we observe transient suppression of emission followed by gradual recovery, a process we term "quantum siphoning". Our results demonstrate that quantum confinement and competing nonlinear dynamics persist beyond the ideal moire paradigm, potentially enabling applications in quantum sensing and modifying exciton dynamics via strain engineering. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum siphoning of finely spaced interlayer excitons in reconstructed MoSe2/WSe2 heterostructures Mondal, Mainak Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Chaudhary, Gaurav Singh, Akshay Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics Atomic reconstruction in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures leads to mesoscopic domains with uniform atomic registry, profoundly altering the local potential landscape. While interlayer excitons in these domains exhibit strong many-body interactions, extent and impact of quantum confinement on their dynamics remains unclear. Here, we reveal that quantum confinement persists in these flat, reconstructed regions. Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy uncovers multiple, finely-spaced interlayer exciton states (~ 1 meV separation), and correlated emission lifetimes spanning sub-nanosecond to over 100 nanoseconds across a 10 meV energy window. Cascade-like transitions confirm that these states originate from a single potential well, further supported by calculations. Remarkably, at high excitation rates, we observe transient suppression of emission followed by gradual recovery, a process we term "quantum siphoning". Our results demonstrate that quantum confinement and competing nonlinear dynamics persist beyond the ideal moire paradigm, potentially enabling applications in quantum sensing and modifying exciton dynamics via strain engineering. |
| title | Quantum siphoning of finely spaced interlayer excitons in reconstructed MoSe2/WSe2 heterostructures |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22584 |