Exciton-polarons in the presence of strongly correlated electronic states in a MoSe2/WSe2 moiré superlattice
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Abstract
Two-dimensional moiré materials provide a highly tunable platform to investigate strongly correlated electronic states. Such emergent many-body phenomena can be optically probed in moiré systems created by stacking two layers of transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors: optically injected excitons can interact with itinerant carriers occupying narrow moiré bands to form exciton-polarons sensitive to strong correlations. Here, we investigate the behaviour of excitons dressed by a Fermi sea localised by the moiré superlattice of a molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2)/tungsten diselenide (WSe2) twisted hetero-bilayer. At a multitude of fractional fillings of the moiré lattice, we observe ordering of both electrons and holes into stable correlated electronic states. Magneto-optical measurements reveal extraordinary Zeeman splittings of the exciton-polarons due to exchange interactions in the correlated hole phases, with a maximum close to the correlated state at one hole per site. The temperature dependence of the Zeeman splitting reveals antiferromagnetic ordering of the correlated holes across a wide range of fractional fillings. Our results illustrate the nature of exciton-polarons in the presence of strongly correlated electronic states and reveal the rich potential of the MoSe2/WSe2 platform for investigations of Fermi–Hubbard and Bose–Hubbard physics.
Date Issued
2022-11-04
Date Acceptance
2022-10-21
Citation
npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2022, 6 (1), pp.1-8
ISSN
2397-7132
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
npj 2D Materials and Applications
Volume
6
Issue
1
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Published
Article Number
79
Date Publish Online
2022-11-04