Spatiotemporally Controlled Room Temperature Exciton Transport under Dynamic Pressure
arXiv:2108.06418 · doi:10.1038/s41566-021-00951-3
Abstract
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide an attractive platform for studying strain dependent exciton transport at room temperature due to large exciton binding energy and strong bandgap sensitivity to mechanical stimuli. Here, we use Rayleigh type surface acoustic wave (SAW) to demonstrate controlled and directional exciton transport under weak coupling regime at room temperature. We screen the in-plane piezoelectric field using photogenerated carriers to study transport under type-I bandgap modulation and measure a maximum exciton drift velocity of 600 m/s. Furthermore, we demonstrate precise steering of exciton flux by controlling the relative phase between the input RF excitation and exciton photogeneration. The results provide important insight into the weak coupling regime between dynamic strain wave and room temperature excitons in a 2D semiconductor system and pave way to exciting applications of excitonic devices in data communication and processing, sensing and energy conversion.
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