Diffusion of Excitons in a Two-Dimensional Fermi Sea of Free Charges

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Beitragende

Abstract

Propagation of light-emitting quasiparticles is of central importance across the fields of condensed matter physics and nanomaterials science. We experimentally demonstrate diffusion of excitons in the presence of a continuously tunable Fermi sea of free charge carriers in a monolayer semiconductor. Light emission from tightly bound exciton states in electrically gated WSe2 monolayer is detected using spatially and temporally resolved microscopy. The measurements reveal a nonmonotonic dependence of the exciton diffusion coefficient on the charge carrier density in both electron and hole doped regimes. Supported by analytical theory describing exciton-carrier interactions in a dissipative system, we identify distinct regimes of elastic scattering and quasiparticle formation determining exciton diffusion. The crossover region exhibits a highly unusual behavior of an increasing diffusion coefficient with increasing carrier densities. Temperature-dependent diffusion measurements further reveal characteristic signatures of freely propagating excitonic complexes dressed by free charges with effective mobilities up to 3 × 103 cm2/(V s).

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)4708-4715
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftNano letters
Jahrgang23
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 14 Juni 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 37220259

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • diffusion, excitons, Fermi polarons, scattering, trions, two-dimensional semiconductors