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Exciton transport is fundamental for understanding transport phenomena in bosonic systems and for exploring excitation energy transfer in materials. Spatially indirect excitons (IXs) are composed of electrons and holes in separated layers.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Zhiwen Zhou , W. J. Brunner , E. A. Szwed , H. Henstridge , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , L. V. Butov

We studied transport of indirect excitons (IXs) and IX mediated spin transport in a MoSe$_2$/WSe$_2$ van der Waals heterostructure in magnetic fields up to 8 T. We observed the long-range IX transport and the long-range IX mediated spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Zhiwen Zhou , W. J. Brunner , E. A. Szwed , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , L. V. Butov

Indirect excitons (IXs) are bound pairs of electrons and holes confined in spatially separated layers. We present wide single quantum well (WSQW) heterostructures with high IX mobility, spectrally narrow IX emission, voltage-controllable IX…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 C. J. Dorow , M. W. Hasling , D. J. Choksy , J. R. Leonard , L. V. Butov , K. W. West , L. N. Pfeiffer

Excitons are elementary optical excitation in semiconductors. The ability to manipulate and transport these quasiparticles would enable excitonic circuits and devices for quantum photonic technologies. Recently, interlayer excitons in 2D…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 Ruoming Peng , Adina Ripin , Yusen Ye , Jiayi Zhu , Changming Wu , Seokhyeong Lee , Huan Li , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Ting Cao , Xiaodong Xu , Mo Li

Long lifetimes of spatially indirect excitons (IXs), also known as interlayer excitons, allow implementing both quantum exciton systems and long-range exciton transport. Van der Waals heterostructures (HS) composed of atomically thin layers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 L. H. Fowler-Gerace , Zhiwen Zhou , E. A. Szwed , D. J. Choksy , L. V. Butov

Long lifetimes of spatially indirect excitons (IXs), also known as interlayer excitons, make possible long-range IX propagation. Van der Waals heterostructures composed of atomically thin layers of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 L. H. Fowler-Gerace , Zhiwen Zhou , E. A. Szwed , L. V. Butov

We experimentally study the optical emission of a thin quantum well and its dynamic modulation by a surface acoustic wave (SAW). We observe a characteristic transition of the modulation from one maximum to two maxima per SAW cycle as the…

We realized a potential energy gradient - a ramp - for indirect excitons using a shaped electrode at constant voltage. We studied transport of indirect excitons along the ramp and observed that the exciton transport distance increases with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. R. Leonard , M. Remeika , M. K. Chu , Y. Y. Kuznetsova , A. A. High , L. V. Butov , J. Wilkes , M. Hanson , A. C. Gossard

This work presents a platform that enables surface acoustic wave (SAW) modulation of both intralayer and interlayer excitons in MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures. Harnessing the coupled piezoelectric and strain fields of SAWs, this integrated…

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide an attractive platform for studying strain dependent exciton transport at room temperature due to large exciton binding energy and strong bandgap sensitivity to mechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Kanak Datta , Zhengyang Lyu , Zidong Li , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Parag B. Deotare

Spin transport of indirect excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs coupled quantum wells was observed by measuring the spatially resolved circular polarization of exciton emission. Exciton spin transport over several microns originates from a long spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-02 J. R. Leonard , Y. Kuznetsova , Sen Yang , L. V. Butov , T. Ostatnický , A. Kavokin , A. C. Gossard

We show that exciton-type transport in certain materials can be dramatically modified by their inclusion in an optical cavity: the modification of the electromagnetic vacuum mode structure introduced by the cavity leads to transport via…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-22 Johannes Schachenmayer , Claudiu Genes , Edoardo Tignone , Guido Pupillo

Spin transport of indirect excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs coupled quantum wells was observed by measuring the spatially resolved circular polarization of the exciton emission. The exciton spin transport originates from the long spin relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-02 J. R. Leonard , Sen Yang , L. V. Butov , A. C. Gossard

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Zi-Qian Zhou , Zhi-Fan Zhang , Cong Xiao , Hua Jiang , X. C. Xie

A simple method to create and control magnetic potentials onto coupled quantum wells is demonstrated for indirect-exciton magnetic confinement. Localized inhomogeneous magnetic potentials with periodically distributed local minima and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ahmed M. Abdelrahman , Byoung S. Ham

Single-electron transport driven by surface acoustic waves (SAW) through a narrow constriction, formed in two-dimensional electron gas, is studied theoretically. Due to long-range Coulomb interaction, the tunneling coupling between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karsten Flensberg , Qian Niu , Michael Pustilnik

We present an unconventional approach to realize acoustic charge transport devices that takes advantage from an original input region geometry in place of standard Ohmic input contacts. Our scheme is based on a n-i-n lateral junction as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Marco Cecchini , Giorgio De Simoni , Vincenzo Piazza , Fabio Beltram , H. E. Beere , D. A. Ritchie

Controlling the flow of charge neutral interlayer exciton (IX) quasiparticles can potentially lead to low loss excitonic circuits. Here, we report unidirectional transport of IXs along nanoscale electrostatically defined channels in an…

We report on the coherent control and transport of indirect exciton (IX) spins in GaAs double quantum well (DQW) nanostructures. The spin dynamics was investigated by optically generating spins using a focused, circularly polarized light…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-11 Adriano Violante , Rudolf Hey , Paulo Ventura Santos

Charge carrier transport is pivotal in advancing nanoelectronics. Despite progress in exciton transport within ultra-thin semiconductors, the intertwined transport of free carriers and excitons presents challenges. Surface Acoustic Waves…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-11 Xueqian Sun , Shuyao Qiu , Hao Qin , Yuerui Lu
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