Magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystallization of charged interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures

Bondarev, Igor V.; Lozovik, Yurii E.

doi:10.1038/s42005-022-01095-8

Title: Magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystallization of charged interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures

Journal Article · Mon Dec 05 00:00:00 UTC 2022 · Communications Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01095-8 · OSTI ID:1902190

; Lozovik, Yurii E.

Abstract Ever since its inception, coherent excited states of semiconductors have been the focus of semiconductor materials research to evolve into a vibrant field of low-dimensional solid-state physics. The field is gaining new momentum these days due to emerging transdimensional semiconductors such as van der Waals bound layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) of controlled thickness. Here, we develop the theory of magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystallization for charged interlayer excitons (CIE) discovered recently in TMD heterobilayers. We derive the ratio of the potential interaction energy to the kinetic energy for the many-particle CIE system in the perpendicular magnetostatic field of an arbitrary strength and predict the crystallization effect in the strong field regime. We show that magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystallization and melting of CIEs can be observed in magneto-photoluminescence experiments with TMD bilayers of systematically varied electron-hole doping concentrations. Our results advance the capabilities of this new generation of transdimensional quantum materials.

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Research Organization:: North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0007117

OSTI ID:: 1902190

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Journal Name: Communications Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 5; ISSN 2399-3650

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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