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Merkl, Philipp ; Mooshammer, Fabian ; Brem, Samuel ; Girnghuber, Anna ; Lin, Kai-Qiang ; Weigl, Leonard ; Liebich, Marlene ; Yong, Chaw-Keong ; Gillen, Roland ; Maultzsch, Janina ; Lupton, John M. ; Malic, Ermin ; Huber, Rupert

Twist-tailoring Coulomb correlations in van der Waals homobilayers

Merkl, Philipp, Mooshammer, Fabian, Brem, Samuel , Girnghuber, Anna, Lin, Kai-Qiang , Weigl, Leonard, Liebich, Marlene, Yong, Chaw-Keong , Gillen, Roland, Maultzsch, Janina , Lupton, John M., Malic, Ermin and Huber, Rupert (2020) Twist-tailoring Coulomb correlations in van der Waals homobilayers. Nature Communications 11 (1), pp. 1-7.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 13 May 2020 09:50
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.43186


Abstract

The recent discovery of artificial phase transitions induced by stacking monolayer materials at magic twist angles represents a paradigm shift for solid state physics. Twist-induced changes of the single-particle band structure have been studied extensively, yet a precise understanding of the underlying Coulomb correlations has remained challenging. Here we reveal in experiment and theory, how ...

The recent discovery of artificial phase transitions induced by stacking monolayer materials at magic twist angles represents a paradigm shift for solid state physics. Twist-induced changes of the single-particle band structure have been studied extensively, yet a precise understanding of the underlying Coulomb correlations has remained challenging. Here we reveal in experiment and theory, how the twist angle alone affects the Coulomb-induced internal structure and mutual interactions of excitons. In homobilayers of WSe2, we trace the internal 1s-2p resonance of excitons with phase-locked mid-infrared pulses as a function of the twist angle. Remarkably, the exciton binding energy is renormalized by up to a factor of two, their lifetime exhibits an enhancement by more than an order of magnitude, and the exciton-exciton interaction is widely tunable. Our work opens the possibility of tailoring quasiparticles in search of unexplored phases of matter in a broad range of van der Waals heterostructures. The crystallographic orientation of monolayers in van der Waals multi-layers controls their electronic and optical properties. Here the authors show how the twist angle affects Coulomb correlations governing the internal structure and the mutual interaction of excitons in homobilayers of WSe2.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleNature Communications
Publisher:Nature
Open Access Type:Gold (mit APC - nicht UR)
Place of Publication:LONDON
Volume:11
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:1
Page Range:pp. 1-7
Date2020
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Rupert Huber
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Lupton > Group John Lupton
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Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (314695032)
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10.1038/s41467-020-16069-zDOI
KeywordsINDIRECT INTERLAYER EXCITONS; BANDGAP RENORMALIZATION; MOMENTUM; VALLEY; SPIN;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-431867
Item ID43186

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