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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…

The creation of moir\'e patterns in crystalline solids is a powerful approach to manipulate their electronic properties, which are fundamentally influenced by periodic potential landscapes. In 2D materials, a moir\'e pattern with a…

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Electronic and optical excitations in two-dimensional moir\'e systems are uniquely sensitive to local atomic registries, leading to materials- and twist-angle specific correlated electronic ground states with varied degree of localization.…

Twisted van der Waals heterostructures and the corresponding superlattices, moire superlattices, are remarkable new material platforms, in which electron interactions and excited-state properties can be engineered. Particularly, the band…

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Two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures (HS) formed by transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers offer a unique platform for the study of intralayer and interlayer excitons as well as moir\'e-pattern-induced features. Particularly,…

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Interlayer excitons in transition-metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers combine high binding energy and valley-contrasting physics with long optical lifetime and strong dipolar character. Their permanent electric dipole enables electric-field…

Optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers are controlled by the Wannier-Mott excitons forming a series of $1s$, $2s$, $2p$,... hydrogen-like states. We develop the theory of the excited excitonic states energy…

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Twisted transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers exhibit periodic moir\'e potentials, which can trap excitons at certain high-symmetry sites. At small twist angles, TMD lattices undergo an atomic reconstruction, altering the moir\'e…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-26 Joakim Hagel , Samuel Brem , Ermin Malic

Moir\'e heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) hetero- and homobilayers have emerged as a promising material platform to study correlated electronic states. Optical signatures of strong correlations in the form…

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We investigate the optical properties of interlayer excitons in heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides where moir\'e pattern is introduced by heterostrain, in comparison with that introduced by twisting (and/or lattice mismatch).…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-20 Huiyuan Zheng , Dawei Zhai , Wang Yao

Moir\'e superlattices in twisted van der Waals materials constitute a promising platform for engineering electronic and optical properties. However, a major obstacle to fully understanding these systems and harnessing their potential is the…

Recent advances in the field of vertically stacked 2D materials have revealed a rich exciton landscape. In particular, it has been demonstrated that out-of-plane electrical fields can be used to tune the spectral position of spatially…

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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) and their moir\'e interfaces have been demonstrated for correlated electron states, including Mott insulators and electron/hole crystals commensurate with moir\'e superlattices.…

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Moir\'{e} superlattices in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) heterobilayers exhibit various correlated insulating states driven by long-range Coulomb interactions, and these states crucially alter exciton resonances, particularly at…

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Impurities play an important role during recombination processes in semiconductors. Their important role is sharpened in atomically-thin transition-metal dichalcogenides whose two-dimensional character renders electrons and holes highly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-11 Dinh Van Tuan , Hanan Dery

The nanoscale periodic potentials introduced by moir\'{e} patterns in semiconducting van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures provide a new platform for designing exciton superlattices. To realize these applications, a thorough understanding of…

We develop a microscopic theory for nonlinear optical response of moir\'e exciton-polaritons in bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Our theory allows to study the tunnel-coupled intralayer and interlayer excitonic modes for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Kok Wee Song , Oleksandr Kyriienko

Twisted two-dimensional semiconductors generate a moir\'e landscape that confines excitons (bound electron-hole pairs) into programmable lattices, offering routes to efficient light sources, sensing, and room-temperature information…

Transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers offer attractive opportunities to realize lattices of interacting bosons with several degrees of freedom. Such heterobilayers can feature moir\'e patterns that modulate their electronic band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-16 Mauro Brotons-Gisbert , Hyeonjun Baek , Aidan Campbell , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Brian D. Gerardot

Charge separated interlayer excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) heterobilayers are being explored for moir\'e exciton lattices and exciton condensates. The presence of permanent dipole moments and the poorly screened Coulomb…

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