Observation of moiré trapped biexciton through sub-diffraction-limit probing using hetero-bilayer on nanopillar
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| author | Chhaperwal, Mayank Chatterjee, Suman Puliyassery, Suchithra Manattayil, Jyothsna Konkada Biswas, Rabindra Hays, Patrick Tongay, Seth Ariel Raghunathan, Varun Majumdar, Kausik |
| author_facet | Chhaperwal, Mayank Chatterjee, Suman Puliyassery, Suchithra Manattayil, Jyothsna Konkada Biswas, Rabindra Hays, Patrick Tongay, Seth Ariel Raghunathan, Varun Majumdar, Kausik |
| contents | The ability to tune the degree of interaction among particles at the nanoscale is highly intriguing. The spectroscopic signature of such interaction is often subtle and requires special probes to observe. To this end, inter-layer excitons trapped in the periodic potential wells of a moiré superlattice offer rich interaction physics, specifically due to the presence of both attractive and repulsive components in the interaction. Here we show that the Coulomb force between two inter-layer excitons switches from repulsive to attractive when the length scale reduces from inter-moiré-pocket to intra-moiré-pocket in a WS$_2$/WSe$_2$ hetero-bilayer - thanks to the complex competition between direct and exchange interaction. The finding is a departure from the usual notion of repelling inter-layer excitons due to layer polarization. This manifests as the simultaneous observation of an anomalous superlinear power-law of moiré exciton and a stabilization of moiré trapped biexciton. The experimental observation is facilitated by placing the hetero-bilayer on a polymer-nanopillar/gold-film stack which significantly reduces the inhomogeneous spectral broadening by selectively probing a smaller ensemble of moiré pockets compared with a flat sample. This creates an interesting platform to explore interaction among moiré trapped excitons and higher order quasiparticles. |
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| spellingShingle | Observation of moiré trapped biexciton through sub-diffraction-limit probing using hetero-bilayer on nanopillar Chhaperwal, Mayank Chatterjee, Suman Puliyassery, Suchithra Manattayil, Jyothsna Konkada Biswas, Rabindra Hays, Patrick Tongay, Seth Ariel Raghunathan, Varun Majumdar, Kausik Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Applied Physics Optics Quantum Physics The ability to tune the degree of interaction among particles at the nanoscale is highly intriguing. The spectroscopic signature of such interaction is often subtle and requires special probes to observe. To this end, inter-layer excitons trapped in the periodic potential wells of a moiré superlattice offer rich interaction physics, specifically due to the presence of both attractive and repulsive components in the interaction. Here we show that the Coulomb force between two inter-layer excitons switches from repulsive to attractive when the length scale reduces from inter-moiré-pocket to intra-moiré-pocket in a WS$_2$/WSe$_2$ hetero-bilayer - thanks to the complex competition between direct and exchange interaction. The finding is a departure from the usual notion of repelling inter-layer excitons due to layer polarization. This manifests as the simultaneous observation of an anomalous superlinear power-law of moiré exciton and a stabilization of moiré trapped biexciton. The experimental observation is facilitated by placing the hetero-bilayer on a polymer-nanopillar/gold-film stack which significantly reduces the inhomogeneous spectral broadening by selectively probing a smaller ensemble of moiré pockets compared with a flat sample. This creates an interesting platform to explore interaction among moiré trapped excitons and higher order quasiparticles. |
| title | Observation of moiré trapped biexciton through sub-diffraction-limit probing using hetero-bilayer on nanopillar |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Applied Physics Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00879 |