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Charge-tuneable biexciton complexes in monolayer WSe2.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Barbone, Matteo 
Montblanch, Alejandro R-P 
Kara, Dhiren M 
Palacios-Berraquero, Carmen 
Cadore, Alisson R 

Abstract

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides have strong Coulomb-mediated many-body interactions. Theoretical studies have predicted the existence of numerous multi-particle excitonic states. Two-particle excitons and three-particle trions have been identified by their optical signatures. However, more complex states such as biexcitons have been elusive due to limited spectral quality of the optical emission. Here, we report direct evidence of two biexciton complexes in monolayer tungsten diselenide: the four-particle neutral biexciton and the five-particle negatively charged biexciton. We distinguish these states by power-dependent photoluminescence and demonstrate full electrical switching between them. We determine the band states of the elementary particles comprising the biexcitons through magneto-optical spectroscopy. We also resolve a splitting of 2.5 meV for the neutral biexciton, which we attribute to the fine structure, providing reference for subsequent studies. Our results unveil the nature of multi-exciton complexes in transitionmetal dichalcogenides and offer direct routes towards deterministic control in many-body quantum phenomena.

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Keywords

cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.mes-hall, cond-mat.mtrl-sci, quant-ph

Journal Title

Nat Commun

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Journal ISSN

2041-1723
2041-1723

Volume Title

9

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G042357/1)
Royal Society (TG102524)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K01711X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K017144/1)
European Commission (604391)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (696656)
EPSRC (via University of Manchester) (R119256)
The Royal Society (wm090070)
European Commission (246026)
European Research Council (319277)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M013243/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (676108)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M507799/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (785219)