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Observation of bosonic condensation in a hybrid monolayer MoSe2-GaAs microcavity

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  • Max Waldherr

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Nils Lundt

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Martin Klaas

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Simon Betzold

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Matthias Wurdack

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Vasilij Baumann

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Eliezer Estrecho

    (The Australian National University)

  • Anton Nalitov

    (University of Iceland
    ITMO University
    University of Southampton)

  • Evgenia Cherotchenko

    (ITMO University
    University of Southampton)

  • Hui Cai

    (Arizona State University)

  • Elena A. Ostrovskaya

    (The Australian National University)

  • Alexey V. Kavokin

    (University of Southampton
    SPIN-CNR
    St-Petersburg State University, 1)

  • Sefaattin Tongay

    (Arizona State University)

  • Sebastian Klembt

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Sven Höfling

    (Universität Würzburg
    University of St. Andrews)

  • Christian Schneider

    (Universität Würzburg)

Abstract

Bosonic condensation belongs to the most intriguing phenomena in physics, and was mostly reserved for experiments with ultra-cold quantum gases. More recently, it became accessible in exciton-based solid-state systems at elevated temperatures. Here, we demonstrate bosonic condensation driven by excitons hosted in an atomically thin layer of MoSe2, strongly coupled to light in a solid-state resonator. The structure is operated in the regime of collective strong coupling between a Tamm-plasmon resonance, GaAs quantum well excitons, and two-dimensional excitons confined in the monolayer crystal. Polariton condensation in a monolayer crystal manifests by a superlinear increase of emission intensity from the hybrid polariton mode, its density-dependent blueshift, and a dramatic collapse of the emission linewidth, a hallmark of temporal coherence. Importantly, we observe a significant spin-polarization in the injected polariton condensate, a fingerprint for spin-valley locking in monolayer excitons. Our results pave the way towards highly nonlinear, coherent valleytronic devices and light sources.

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  • Max Waldherr & Nils Lundt & Martin Klaas & Simon Betzold & Matthias Wurdack & Vasilij Baumann & Eliezer Estrecho & Anton Nalitov & Evgenia Cherotchenko & Hui Cai & Elena A. Ostrovskaya & Alexey V. Kav, 2018. "Observation of bosonic condensation in a hybrid monolayer MoSe2-GaAs microcavity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-6, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05532-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05532-7
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