Engineering strong correlations in a perfectly aligned dual moiré system
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| author | Mhenni, Amine Ben Çetiner, Elif Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Finley, Jonathan J. Wilson, Nathan P. |
| author_facet | Mhenni, Amine Ben Çetiner, Elif Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Finley, Jonathan J. Wilson, Nathan P. |
| contents | Exotic collective phenomena emerge when bosons strongly interact within a lattice. However, creating a robust and tunable solid-state platform to explore such phenomena has been elusive. Dual moiré systems$-$compromising two Coulomb-coupled moiré lattices$-$offer a promising system for investigating strongly correlated dipolar excitons (composite bosons) with electrical control. Thus far, their implementation has been hindered by the relative misalignment and incommensurability of the two moiré patterns. Here we report a dual moiré system with perfect translational and rotational alignment, achieved by utilizing twisted hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) bilayer to both generate an electrostatic moiré potential and separate MoSe$_{2}$ and WSe$_{2}$ monolayers. We observe strongly correlated electron phases driven by intralayer interactions and identify interlayer Rydberg trions, which become trapped in the presence of the Mott insulating state. Importantly, our platform is electrostatically programmable, allowing the realization of different lattice symmetries with either repulsive or attractive interlayer interactions. In particular, we implement the latter scenario by optically injecting charges, which form a dipolar excitonic phase. Our results establish a versatile platform for the exploration and manipulation of exotic and topological bosonic quantum many-body phases. |
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| spellingShingle | Engineering strong correlations in a perfectly aligned dual moiré system Mhenni, Amine Ben Çetiner, Elif Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Finley, Jonathan J. Wilson, Nathan P. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Exotic collective phenomena emerge when bosons strongly interact within a lattice. However, creating a robust and tunable solid-state platform to explore such phenomena has been elusive. Dual moiré systems$-$compromising two Coulomb-coupled moiré lattices$-$offer a promising system for investigating strongly correlated dipolar excitons (composite bosons) with electrical control. Thus far, their implementation has been hindered by the relative misalignment and incommensurability of the two moiré patterns. Here we report a dual moiré system with perfect translational and rotational alignment, achieved by utilizing twisted hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) bilayer to both generate an electrostatic moiré potential and separate MoSe$_{2}$ and WSe$_{2}$ monolayers. We observe strongly correlated electron phases driven by intralayer interactions and identify interlayer Rydberg trions, which become trapped in the presence of the Mott insulating state. Importantly, our platform is electrostatically programmable, allowing the realization of different lattice symmetries with either repulsive or attractive interlayer interactions. In particular, we implement the latter scenario by optically injecting charges, which form a dipolar excitonic phase. Our results establish a versatile platform for the exploration and manipulation of exotic and topological bosonic quantum many-body phases. |
| title | Engineering strong correlations in a perfectly aligned dual moiré system |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13159 |