interlayer excitons;
van der Waals heterostructure;
moire potential;
interacting bosons;
interaction-induced tunneling;
INTERLAYER EXCITONS;
TRANSITION;
MOTT;
SUPERFLUID;
MODEL;
D O I:
10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01160
中图分类号:
O6 [化学];
学科分类号:
0703 ;
摘要:
In superlattices of twisted semiconductor monolayers, tunable moire potentials emerge, trapping excitons into periodic arrays. In particular, spatially separated interlayer excitons are subject to a deep potential landscape and they exhibit a permanent dipole providing a unique opportunity to study interacting bosonic lattices. Recent experiments have demonstrated density-dependent transport properties of moire excitons, which could play a key role for technological applications. However, the intriguing interplay between exciton-exciton interactions and moire trapping has not been well understood yet. In this work, we develop a microscopic theory of interacting excitons in external potentials allowing us to tackle this highly challenging problem. We find that interactions between moire excitons lead to a delocalization at intermediate densities, and we show how this transition can be tuned via twist angle and temperature. The delocalization is accompanied by a modification of optical moire resonances, which gradually merge into a single free exciton peak.