English

Supermoiré-trapped quadrupolar exciton

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-07-24 v1 Materials Science Optics

Abstract

Moir\'e-trapped dipolar interlayer exciton in heterobilayers offers a rich platform to explore interaction-driven phenomena. Extending the number of layers to three and beyond leads to highly intriguing multipolar exciton - a superposition state of vertically aligned phase-coherent excitons. However, in experiments, unintentional twist-angle mismatch among layers may degrade the strength and homogeneity of the vertical Coulomb coupling. Here we propose that the supermoir\'e effect in a heterotrilayer comes to the rescue by creating periodic pockets of vertically aligned atomic registries that facilitate the formation of quadrupolar excitons trapped in such pockets. Using WS2_2/WSe2_2/WS2_2 stack, we show interaction between multiple confined levels of the top and bottom moir\'e interfaces, creating electric field tunable multi-level hybridized bright (symmetric) and dark (anti-symmetric) quadrupolar states. Our work underscores the critical role of supermoir\'e effect in quadrupolar excitons. The discovery of reduced sensitivity on precise angle-alignment will ignite exploration of complex excitonic states in multi-layered heterostructures.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.22532,
  title  = {Supermoiré-trapped quadrupolar exciton},
  author = {Anish Kumar and Suman Chatterjee and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Kausik Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.22532},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Accepted in Nano Letters