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Main Authors: Sahoo, Bhabani Sankar, Machchhar, Shachi, Barua, Avijit, Podhorský, Martin, Tongay, Seth Ariel, Taniguchi, Takashi, Watanabe, Kenji, Palekar, Chirag Chandrakant, Reitzenstein, Stephan
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03303
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author Sahoo, Bhabani Sankar
Machchhar, Shachi
Barua, Avijit
Podhorský, Martin
Tongay, Seth Ariel
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Palekar, Chirag Chandrakant
Reitzenstein, Stephan
author_facet Sahoo, Bhabani Sankar
Machchhar, Shachi
Barua, Avijit
Podhorský, Martin
Tongay, Seth Ariel
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Palekar, Chirag Chandrakant
Reitzenstein, Stephan
contents We report robust room temperature interlayer excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures engineered via precise stacking orientation and twist-angle control. We integrate 2H-stacked MoSe$_{2}$/$^{1}$WSe$_{2}$/$^{2}$WSe$_{2}$ heterotrilayer onto a chirped distributed Bragg reflector that acts as a backside mirror. This way, we fabricate a platform that hosts distinct heterotrilayer, heterobilayer, and homobilayer regions with enhanced excitonic features at elevated temperatures. Although the heterobilayer supports temperature-tunable singlet and triplet interlayer excitons, it exhibits low emission yield at 4 K. In comparison, the heterotrilayer shows remarkable excitonic properties, including pronounced band modulation, intervalley interlayer exciton transitions, and a tenfold photoluminescence enhancement along with a sevenfold increase in exciton decay time at cryogenic temperatures compared to the heterobilayer system. Temperature-dependent studies reveal intriguing interlayer exciton dynamics in the heterotrilayer, including the emergence of valley-polarized interlayer excitons, and the ability to maintain optical stability up to room temperature. Our results establish a clear strategy for engineering excitonic states across multilayer van der Waals heterostructures from 4 K to room temperature, providing a versatile platform for excitonic optoelectronics, quantum photonics, and tunable long-lived interlayer exciton states in scalable TMD heterostructures.
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spellingShingle Robust Interlayer Exciton Interplay in Twisted van der Waals Heterotrilayer on a Broadband Bragg Reflector up to Room Temperature
Sahoo, Bhabani Sankar
Machchhar, Shachi
Barua, Avijit
Podhorský, Martin
Tongay, Seth Ariel
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Palekar, Chirag Chandrakant
Reitzenstein, Stephan
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We report robust room temperature interlayer excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures engineered via precise stacking orientation and twist-angle control. We integrate 2H-stacked MoSe$_{2}$/$^{1}$WSe$_{2}$/$^{2}$WSe$_{2}$ heterotrilayer onto a chirped distributed Bragg reflector that acts as a backside mirror. This way, we fabricate a platform that hosts distinct heterotrilayer, heterobilayer, and homobilayer regions with enhanced excitonic features at elevated temperatures. Although the heterobilayer supports temperature-tunable singlet and triplet interlayer excitons, it exhibits low emission yield at 4 K. In comparison, the heterotrilayer shows remarkable excitonic properties, including pronounced band modulation, intervalley interlayer exciton transitions, and a tenfold photoluminescence enhancement along with a sevenfold increase in exciton decay time at cryogenic temperatures compared to the heterobilayer system. Temperature-dependent studies reveal intriguing interlayer exciton dynamics in the heterotrilayer, including the emergence of valley-polarized interlayer excitons, and the ability to maintain optical stability up to room temperature. Our results establish a clear strategy for engineering excitonic states across multilayer van der Waals heterostructures from 4 K to room temperature, providing a versatile platform for excitonic optoelectronics, quantum photonics, and tunable long-lived interlayer exciton states in scalable TMD heterostructures.
title Robust Interlayer Exciton Interplay in Twisted van der Waals Heterotrilayer on a Broadband Bragg Reflector up to Room Temperature
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03303