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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

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

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

In addition to its fundamental interest, the long-distance spin transport with suppressed spin losses is essential for spintronic devices. However, the spin relaxation caused by scattering of the particles carrying the spin, limits the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-05 Zhiwen Zhou , E. A. Szwed , D. J. Choksy , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , L. V. Butov

Indirect excitons (IXs), also known as interlayer excitons, can form the medium for excitonic devices whose operation is based on controlled propagation of excitons. A proof of principle for excitonic devices was demonstrated in GaAs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 L. H. Fowler-Gerace , D. J. Choksy , 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

Indirect excitons (IXs) in van der Waals transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructures are characterized by a high binding energy making them stable at room temperature and giving the opportunity for exploring fundamental phenomena…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-24 E. V. Calman , M. M. Fogler , L. V. Butov , S. Hu , A. Mishchenko , A. K. Geim

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…

Interactions between out-of-plane dipoles in bosonic gases enable the long-range propagation of excitons. The lack of direct control over collective dipolar properties has hitherto limited the degrees of tunability and the microscopic…

Excitons in van der Waals heterostructures based on atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides are considered as potential candidates for the formation of a superfluid state in two-dimensional systems. A number of studies reported…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-27 M. M. Glazov , R. A. Suris

We studied photoluminescence of spatially indirect excitons (IXs) in a MoSe$_2$/WSe$_2$ van der Waals heterostructure. We observed a quasi-periodic triangular pattern of IXs with the characteristic wavelength of the pattern $\sim$ 2.6…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Zhiwen Zhou , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , W. J. Brunner , E. A. Szwed , L. V. Butov

Controlling interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures holds promise for exploring Bose-Einstein condensates and developing novel optoelectronic applications, such as excitonic integrated circuits. Despite intensive studies,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-09 Lifu Zhang , Ruihao Ni , Liuxin Gu , Ming Xie , Suji Park , Houk Jang , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , You Zhou

Dipolar bosonic gases are currently the focus of intensive research due to their interesting many-body physics in the quantum regime. Their experimental embodiments range from Rydberg atoms to GaAs double quantum wells and van der Waals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Zhe Sun , Alberto Ciarrocchi , Fedele Tagarelli , Juan Francisco Gonzalez Marin , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Andras Kis

We report on the modulation of indirect excitons (IXs) as well as their transport by moving periodic potentials produced by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The potential modulation induced by the SAW strain modifies both the band gap and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Adriano Violante , Kobi Cohen , Snežana Lazić , Rudolph Hey , Ronen Rapaport , Paulo Ventura Santos

Ensembles of indirect or interlayer excitons (IXs) are intriguing systems to explore classical and quantum phases of interacting bosonic ensembles. IXs are composite bosons that feature enlarged lifetimes due to the reduced overlap of the…

Van der Waals heterostructures constitute a platform for investigating intriguing many-body quantum phenomena. In particular, transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) hetero-bilayers host long-lived interlayer excitons which exhibit permanent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Daniel Erkensten , Samuel Brem , Raül Perea-Causin , Ermin Malic

Transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures can host interlayer excitons (IXs), which consist of electrons and holes spatially separated in different layers. IXs possess permanent dipoles and have proven to offer a wealth of novel…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-24 Darien J. Morrow , Xuedan Ma

Indirect excitons (IX) in semiconductor heterostructures are bosons, which can cool below the temperature of quantum degeneracy and can be effectively controlled by voltage and light. IX quantum Bose gases and IX devices were explored in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-27 E. V. Calman , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , L. V. Butov , D. E. Nikonov , I. A. Young , S. Hu , A. Mischenko , A. K. Geim

Narrow lines in photoluminescence (PL) spectra of excitons are characteristic of low-dimensional semiconductors. These lines correspond to the emission of exciton states in local minima of a potential energy landscape formed by fluctuations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Zhiwen Zhou , E. A. Szwed , W. J. Brunner , H. Henstridge , L. H. Fowler-Gerace , L. V. Butov

Interlayer excitons (IXs) possess a much longer lifetime than intralayer excitons due to the spatial separation of the electrons and holes; hence, they have been pursued to create exciton condensates for decades. The recent emergence of…

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