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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Quantum Optics

Background:

  • Interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures offer a unique platform for studying strongly correlated bosonic phases.
  • Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) serves as an excellent insulating spacer, enabling the formation of stable interlayer excitons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate an optical method for generating and characterizing long-lived interlayer excitons.
  • To investigate the influence of h-BN layer thickness on interlayer exciton properties.
  • To provide a new avenue for exploring quantum phenomena involving excitons.

Main Methods:

  • Optical spectroscopy for concurrent measurement of intralayer excitons (1s and 2s states).
  • Pump-probe technique to determine exciton lifetimes.
  • Fabrication of semiconducting bilayers separated by h-BN layers.

Main Results:

  • Confirmation of tightly bound interlayer excitons.
  • Observation of interlayer exciton lifetimes up to 8.8 microseconds.
  • Demonstration that exciton lifetime increases with h-BN layer thickness.

Conclusions:

  • The developed optical method provides efficient generation and characterization of long-lived interlayer excitons.
  • This approach opens new possibilities for investigating Bose-Fermi mixtures of excitons and itinerant electrons.
  • The findings facilitate high-resolution studies of quantum phenomena in tailored heterostructures.