Layer-dependent correlated phases in WSe₂/MoS₂ moiré superlattice

Electron correlation plays an essential role in the macroscopic quantum phenomena in the moiré heterostructure, such as antiferromagnetism and correlated insulating phases. Unlike the phenomena where the interaction involves only electrons in one layer, the interaction of distinct phases in two or m...

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Main Authors: Tan, Qinghai, Rasmita, Abdullah, Zhang, Zhaowei, Cai, Hongbing, Cai, Xiangbin, Dai, Xuran, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, MacDonald, Allan H., Gao, Weibo
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170318
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Electron correlation plays an essential role in the macroscopic quantum phenomena in the moiré heterostructure, such as antiferromagnetism and correlated insulating phases. Unlike the phenomena where the interaction involves only electrons in one layer, the interaction of distinct phases in two or more layers represents a new horizon forward, such as the one in the Kondo lattice model. Here, using interlayer excitons as a probe, we show that the interlayer interactions in heterobilayers of tungsten diselenide and molybdenum disulfide (WSe2/MoS2) can be electrically switched on and off, resulting in a layer-dependent correlated phase diagram, including single-layer, layer-selective, excitonic-insulator and layer-hybridized regions. We demonstrate that these correlated phases affect the interlayer exciton non-radiative decay pathways. These results reveal the role of strong correlation on interlayer exciton dynamics and pave the way for studying the layer-resolved strong correlation behaviour in moiré heterostructures.