Capacitively and Inductively Coupled Excitons in Bilayer MoS_{2}

The coupling of intralayer A and B excitons and interlayer excitons (IE) is studied in a two-dimensional semiconductor, homobilayer MoS_{2}. It is shown that the measured optical susceptibility reveals both the magnitude and the phase of the coupling constants. The IE and B excitons couple via a 0-phase (capacitive) coupling; the IE and A excitons couple via a π-phase (inductive) coupling. The IE-B and IE-A coupling mechanisms are interpreted as hole tunneling and electron-hole exchange, respectively. The couplings imply that even in a monolayer, the A and B excitons have mixed spin states. Using the IE as a sensor, the A-B intravalley exchange coupling is determined. Finally, we realize a bright and highly tunable lowest-energy momentum-direct exciton at high electric fields.

Giant Stark splitting of an exciton in bilayer MoS2

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) constitute a versatile platform for atomically thin optoelectronics devices and spin-valley memory applications. In monolayer TMDs the optical absorption is strong, but the transition energy cannot be tuned as the neutral exciton has essentially no out-of-plane static electric dipole^1,2. In contrast, interlayer exciton transitions in heterobilayers are widely tunable in applied electric fields, but their coupling to light is substantially reduced. In this work, we show tuning over 120 meV of interlayer excitons with a high oscillator strength in bilayer MoS₂ due to the quantum-confined Stark effect³. We optically probed the interaction between intra- and interlayer excitons as they were energetically tuned into resonance. Interlayer excitons interact strongly with intralayer B excitons, as demonstrated by a clear avoided crossing, whereas the interaction with intralayer A excitons is substantially weaker. Our observations are supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which include excitonic effects. In MoS₂ trilayers, our experiments uncovered two types of interlayer excitons with and without in-built electric dipoles. Highly tunable excitonic transitions with large in-built dipoles and oscillator strengths will result in strong exciton-exciton interactions and therefore hold great promise for non-linear optics with polaritons.

First-Order Magnetic Phase Transition of Mobile Electrons in Monolayer MoS_{2}

Evidence is presented for a first-order magnetic phase transition in a gated two-dimensional semiconductor, monolayer-MoS_{2}. The phase boundary separates a ferromagnetic phase at low electron density and a paramagnetic phase at high electron density. Abrupt changes in the optical response signal an abrupt change in the magnetism. The magnetic order is thereby controlled via the voltage applied to the gate electrode of the device. Accompanying the change in magnetism is a large change in the electron effective mass.