Chiral superfluorescence from perovskite superlattices at room temperature
Abstract
Superfluorescence (SF) is the collective emission of intense, coherent light from an interacting ensemble of quantum emitters1-4. While SF has been observed in several solid-state materials5-8, the spontaneous generation of circularly polarized SF from chiral materials (chiral SF) has not been realized9,10. Here, we report the first observation of chiral SF originating from edge states in large-area (>100 um * 100 um) vertically aligned chiral perovskite superlattices at room-temperature. Theoretical quantum optics calculations describe the transition from initially unpolarized, incoherent spontaneous emission to a coherent chiral SF state, quantitatively reproducing both the experimentally observed generation of circular polarization (up to ~14%) and its reversal in sign with opposite material handedness. Moreover, we show that both the intensity and the degree of circular polarization of chiral SF can be modulated by a weak magnetic field, enabling precise control over solid-state quantum light emission at room temperature. Our findings demonstrate an interplay between chirality and many-body quantum coherence, thereby revealing promising new directions for chirality-controlled quantum-optical applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.22786,
title = {Chiral superfluorescence from perovskite superlattices at room temperature},
author = {Qi Wei and Jonah S. Peter and Hui Ren and Weizhen Wang and Luwei Zhou and Qi Liu and Stefan Ostermann and Jun Yin and Songhua Cai and Susanne F. Yelin and Mingjie Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22786},
year = {2026}
}