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Energy transfer driven brightening of MoS2 by ultrafast polariton relaxation in microcavity MoS2/hBN/WS2 heterostructures

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  • Zehua Hu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Tanjung Krisnanda

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Antonio Fieramosca

    (CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology)

  • Jiaxin Zhao

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Qianlu Sun

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yuzhong Chen

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Haiyun Liu

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Yuan Luo

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Rui Su

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Junyong Wang

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Kenji Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Goki Eda

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Xiao Renshaw Wang

    (Nanyang Technological University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Sanjib Ghosh

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences)

  • Kevin Dini

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Daniele Sanvitto

    (CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology)

  • Timothy C. H. Liew

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Qihua Xiong

    (Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
    Tsinghua University
    Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter)

Abstract

Energy transfer is a ubiquitous phenomenon that delivers energy from a blue-shifted emitter to a red-shifted absorber, facilitating wide photonic applications. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors provide unique opportunities for exploring novel energy transfer mechanisms in the atomic-scale limit. Herein, we have designed a planar optical microcavity-confined MoS2/hBN/WS2 heterojunction, which realizes the strong coupling among donor exciton, acceptor exciton, and cavity photon mode. This configuration demonstrates an unconventional energy transfer via polariton relaxation, brightening MoS2 with a record-high enhancement factor of ~440, i.e., two-order-of-magnitude higher than the data reported to date. The polariton relaxation features a short characteristic time of ~1.3 ps, resulting from the significantly enhanced intra- and inter-branch exciton-exciton scattering. The polariton relaxation dynamics is associated with Rabi energies in a phase diagram by combining experimental and theoretical results. This study opens a new direction of microcavity 2D semiconductor heterojunctions for high-brightness polaritonic light sources and ultrafast polariton carrier dynamics.

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  • Zehua Hu & Tanjung Krisnanda & Antonio Fieramosca & Jiaxin Zhao & Qianlu Sun & Yuzhong Chen & Haiyun Liu & Yuan Luo & Rui Su & Junyong Wang & Kenji Watanabe & Takashi Taniguchi & Goki Eda & Xiao Rensh, 2024. "Energy transfer driven brightening of MoS2 by ultrafast polariton relaxation in microcavity MoS2/hBN/WS2 heterostructures," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45554-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45554-y
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