Confinement of long-lived interlayer excitons in WS2/WSe2 heterostructures

Alejandro R.-P. Montblanch; Dhiren M. Kara; Ioannis Paradisanos; Carola M. Purser; Matthew S. G. Feuer; Evgeny M. Alexeev; Lucio Stefan; Ying Qin; Mark Blei; Gang Wang; Alisson R. Cadore; Pawel Latawiec; Marko Lončar; Sefaattin Tongay; Andrea C. Ferrari; Mete Atatüre

doi:10.1038/s42005-021-00625-0

Communications Physics (Jun 2021)

Confinement of long-lived interlayer excitons in WS2/WSe2 heterostructures

Alejandro R.-P. Montblanch,
Dhiren M. Kara,
Ioannis Paradisanos,
Carola M. Purser,
Matthew S. G. Feuer,
Evgeny M. Alexeev,
Lucio Stefan,
Ying Qin,
Mark Blei,
Gang Wang,
Alisson R. Cadore,
Pawel Latawiec,
Marko Lončar,
Sefaattin Tongay,
Andrea C. Ferrari,
Mete Atatüre

Affiliations

Alejandro R.-P. Montblanch: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Dhiren M. Kara: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Ioannis Paradisanos: Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge
Carola M. Purser: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Matthew S. G. Feuer: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Evgeny M. Alexeev: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Lucio Stefan: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Ying Qin: School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University
Mark Blei: School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University
Gang Wang: Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge
Alisson R. Cadore: Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge
Pawel Latawiec: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
Marko Lončar: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
Sefaattin Tongay: School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University
Andrea C. Ferrari: Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge
Mete Atatüre: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00625-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Excitons are quasiparticles consisting of an electron-hole pair and can be used to study many-body phenomenon. Here, the authors demonstrate on-demand quantum confinement of long-lived interlayer excitons in WS2/WSe2 heterostructures deposited on nanopatterned substrates.

Published in Communications Physics

ISSN: 2399-3650 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics; Science: Physics
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