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Superradiant Emission from Coherent Excitons in van Der Waals Heterostructures
Author(s) -
Haider Golam,
Sampathkumar Krishna,
Verhagen Tim,
Nádvorník Lukáš,
Sonia Farjana J.,
Valeš Václav,
Sýkora Jan,
Kapusta Peter,
Němec Petr,
Hof Martin,
Frank Otakar,
Chen YangFang,
Vejpravová Jana,
Kalbáč Martin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202102196
Subject(s) - van der waals force , heterojunction , materials science , stacking , exciton , phonon , dipole , optoelectronics , monolayer , condensed matter physics , physics , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , molecule , nuclear magnetic resonance
Recent advancements in isolation and stacking of layered van der Waals materials have created an unprecedented paradigm for demonstrating varieties of 2D quantum materials. Rationally designed van der Waals heterostructures composed of monolayer transition‐metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and few‐layer hBN show several unique optoelectronic features driven by correlations. However, entangled superradiant excitonic species in such systems have not been observed before. In this report, it is demonstrated that strong suppression of phonon population at low temperature results in a formation of a coherent excitonic‐dipoles ensemble in the heterostructure, and the collective oscillation of those dipoles stimulates a robust phase synchronized ultra‐narrow band superradiant emission even at extremely low pumping intensity. Such emitters are in high demand for a multitude of applications, including fundamental research on many‐body correlations and other state‐of‐the‐art technologies. This timely demonstration paves the way for further exploration of ultralow‐threshold quantum‐emitting devices with unmatched design freedom and spectral tunability.