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Lasing of moiré trapped MoSe2/WSe2 interlayer excitons coupled to a nanocavity

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Dec 19, 2023 version files 3.72 MB

Abstract

Moiré trapped interlayer excitons (IXs) in heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides currently attract strong interest due to their potential for non-classical light generation, coherent spin-photon interfaces and exploring novel correlated phases of electrons. Here, we report lasing of moiré trapped IXs by integrating a pristine hBN-encapsulated MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayer in a high-Q (> 104) nanophotonic cavity. We control the detuning between the IX line and the cavity mode with a magnetic field and measure the dipolar coupling strength to the cavity mode to be 78 ± 4 μeV, fully consistent with the 82 μeV predicted by theory. The emission from the cavity mode shows clear threshold-like behavior. We observe a superlinear power dependence accompanied by a narrowing of the linewidth as the distinct features of lasing. The onset and prominence of these threshold-like behaviors are significant at resonance whilst weak off-resonance. Our results show that a lasing transition can be induced in interacting moiré trapped IXs with macroscopic coherence extending over the lengthscale of the cavity mode. Such systems raise interesting perspectives for low-power switching and synaptic nanophotonic devices using 2D materials.