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Advent of new materials such as van der Waals heterostructures, propels new research directions in condensed matter physics and enables development of novel devices with unique functionalities. Here, we show experimentally that a monolayer…
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Optical resonators are a powerful platform to control the spontaneous emission dynamics of excitons in solid-state nanostructures. Here, we study a MoSe$_2$-WSe$_2$ van-der-Waals heterostructure that is integrated in a widely tunable open…
Controlling exciton recombination in atomically thin semiconductors is central to their optoelectronic functionality, as the competition between radiative and non-radiative decay channels governs emission efficiency. Existing approaches,…
Twisted atomically thin semiconductors are characterized by moir\'{e} excitons. Their optical signatures and selection rules are well understood. However, their hybridization with photons in the strong coupling regime for heterostructures…
Integrating two-dimensional van der Waals materials with optical cavities has revealed a fascinating platform to study exciton-polariton physics. Manipulating exciton polaritons often requires external control over the electrical and…
Excitons in semiconductors, bound pairs of excited electrons and holes, can form the basis for new classes of quantum optoelectronic devices. A van der Waals heterostructure built from atomically thin semiconducting transition metal…
Transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers are promising candidates for exploring new electronic and optical phenomena and for realizing atomically thin optoelectronic devices. They host tightly bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) that can…
The strong excitonic effect in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors has enabled many fascinating light-matter interaction phenomena. Examples include strongly coupled exciton-polaritons and nearly perfect atomic…
We propose a robust and efficient way of controlling the optical spectra of two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures by quantum cavity embedding. The cavity light-matter coupling leads to the formation of…
Optical properties of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides are controlled by robust excitons characterized by a very large oscillator strength. Encapsulation of monolayers such as MoSe$_2$ in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) yields…
Neutral and charged excitons (trions) in atomically-thin materials offer important capabilities for photonics, from ultrafast photodetectors to highly-efficient light-emitting diodes and lasers. Recent studies of van der Waals (vdW)…
We have investigated the exciton fine structure in atomically thin WSe2 -based van der Waals heterostructures where the density of optical modes at the location of the semiconductor monolayer can be tuned. The energy splitting $\Delta$…
Long-lived interlayer excitons with distinct spin-valley physics in van der Waals heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides make them promising for information processing in next-generation devices. While the emission…
Embodying bosonic and electrically interactive characteristics in two-dimensional space, excitons in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have garnered considerable attention. The realisation and application of strong-correlation…
Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are promising materials for next-generation optoelectronic devices, owing to their strong excitonic responses and atomic thickness. Controlling their light emission electrically is a…
Controlling matter-light interactions with cavities is of fundamental importance in modern science and technology. It is exemplified in the strong-coupling regime, where matter-light hybrid modes form, with properties controllable via the…
Active control of light-matter interactions in semiconductors is critical for realizing next generation optoelectronic devices, with tunable control of the systems optical properties via external fields. The ability to manipulate optical…
In van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures formed by stacking two monolayer semiconductors, lattice mismatch or rotational misalignment introduces an in-plane moir\'e superlattice. While it is widely recognized that a moir\'e superlattice can…
Van der Waals heterostructures of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides provide a unique platform to engineer optoelectronic devices tuning their optical properties via stacking, twisting, or straining. Using ab initio Many-Body…