Emerging exciton physics in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers

EC Regan, D Wang, EY Paik, Y Zeng, L Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are 2D semiconductors with tightly
bound excitons and correspondingly strong light–matter interactions. Owing to the weak van …

Semiconductor moiré materials

KF Mak, J Shan - Nature Nanotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Moiré materials have emerged as a platform for exploring the physics of strong electronic
correlations and non-trivial band topology. Here we review the recent progress in …

Excitons in semiconductor moiré superlattices

D Huang, J Choi, CK Shih, X Li - Nature nanotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Semiconductor moiré superlattices represent a rapidly develo** area of engineered
photonic materials and a new platform to explore correlated electron states and quantum …

Strongly correlated excitonic insulator in atomic double layers

L Ma, PX Nguyen, Z Wang, Y Zeng, K Watanabe… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Excitonic insulators (EIs) arise from the formation of bound electron–hole pairs (excitons), in
semiconductors and provide a solid-state platform for quantum many-boson physics …

Landau quantization and highly mobile fermions in an insulator

P Wang, G Yu, Y Jia, M Onyszczak, FA Cevallos, S Lei… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
In strongly correlated materials, quasiparticle excitations can carry fractional quantum
numbers. An intriguing possibility is the formation of fractionalized, charge-neutral fermions …

Thermodynamic behavior of correlated electron-hole fluids in van der Waals heterostructures

R Qi, AY Joe, Z Zhang, Y Zeng, T Zheng, Q Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coupled two-dimensional electron-hole bilayers provide a unique platform to study strongly
correlated Bose-Fermi mixtures in condensed matter. Electrons and holes in spatially …

Strong-coupling phases of trions and excitons in electron-hole bilayers at commensurate densities

DD Dai, L Fu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We introduce density imbalanced electron-hole bilayers at a commensurate 2: 1 density
ratio as a platform for realizing novel phases of electrons, excitons, and trions. Through the …

Perfect Coulomb drag and exciton transport in an excitonic insulator

R Qi, AY Joe, Z Zhang, J **e, Q Feng, Z Lu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Strongly coupled two-dimensional electron-hole bilayers can give rise to novel quantum
Bosonic states: electrons and holes in electrically isolated layers can pair into interlayer …

Keldysh field theory of dynamical exciton condensation transitions in nonequilibrium electron-hole bilayers

Y Zeng, V Crépel, AJ Millis - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Recent experiments have realized steady-state electrical injection of interlayer excitons in
electron-hole bilayers subject to a large bias voltage. In the ideal case in which interlayer …

Computation of exciton binding energies in exciton condensation

AO Schouten, LAM Sager-Smith, DA Mazziotti - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Exciton binding energies are fundamental to understanding excitonic materials, especially
those with the potential for ground-state exciton condensation. However, these energies are …