Visualizing moiré ferroelectricity via plasmons and nano-photocurrent in graphene/twisted-WSe2 structures

Zhang, Shuai; Liu, Yang; Sun, Zhiyuan; Chen, Xinzhong; Li, Baichang; Moore, S. L.; Liu, Song; Wang, Zhiying; Rossi, S. E.; Jing, Ran; Fonseca, Jordan; Yang, Birui; Shao, Yinming; Huang, Chun-Ying; Handa, Taketo; Xiong, Lin; Fu, Matthew; Pan, Tsai-Chun; Halbertal, Dorri; Xu, Xinyi; Zheng, Wenjun; Schuck, P. J.; Pasupathy, A. N.; Dean, C. R.; Zhu, Xiaoyang; Cobden, David H.; Xu, Xiaodong; Liu, Mengkun; Fogler, M. M.; Hone, James C.; Basov, D. N.

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41773-x

Visualizing moiré ferroelectricity via plasmons and nano-photocurrent in graphene/twisted-WSe2 structures

Journal Article · Wed Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41773-x· OSTI ID:2007571

; ; ; ; ; ; Liu, Song; Wang, Zhiying; Rossi, S. E.; ; ; Yang, Birui; ; Huang, Chun-Ying; ; ; Fu, Matthew; Pan, Tsai-Chun; ; Xu, Xinyi more »

Abstract

Ferroelectricity, a spontaneous and reversible electric polarization, is found in certain classes of van der Waals (vdW) materials. The discovery of ferroelectricity in twisted vdW layers provides new opportunities to engineer spatially dependent electric and optical properties associated with the configuration of moiré superlattice domains and the network of domain walls. Here, we employ near-field infrared nano-imaging and nano-photocurrent measurements to study ferroelectricity in minimally twisted WSe ₂ . The ferroelectric domains are visualized through the imaging of the plasmonic response in a graphene monolayer adjacent to the moiré WSe ₂ bilayers. Specifically, we find that the ferroelectric polarization in moiré domains is imprinted on the plasmonic response of the graphene. Complementary nano-photocurrent measurements demonstrate that the optoelectronic properties of graphene are also modulated by the proximal ferroelectric domains. Our approach represents an alternative strategy for studying moiré ferroelectricity at native length scales and opens promising prospects for (opto)electronic devices.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2007571

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2472145

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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