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Collective Charge Excitations between Moiré Minibands in Twisted WSe_{2} Bilayers Probed with Resonant Inelastic
Nihit Saigal1, Lennart Klebl2, Hendrik Lambers1
1Institute of Physics, <a href="https://ror.org/00pd74e08">University of Münster</a>, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
We establish low-temperature resonant inelastic light scattering (RILS) spectroscopy as a tool to probe the formation of a series of moiré bands in twisted WSe_{2} bilayers by accessing collective inter-moiré-band excitations (IMBEs). We observe resonances in RILS spectra at energies in agreement with inter-moiré-band transitions obtained from an ab initio based continuum model. Transitions between the first and second moiré band for a twist angle of about 8° are reported and between the first and the third, and higher bands for a twist of about 3°. The signatures from IMBE for the latter highlight a strong departure from parabolic bands with flat minibands exhibiting very high density of states in accord with theory. These observations allow one to quantify the transition energies at the K point where the states relevant for correlation physics are hosted.

