Topological excitons in moiré <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>MoTe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>WSe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml

Due to the presence of flat Chern bands, moiré transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers are a platform to realize strongly correlated topological phases of fermions such as fractional Chern insulators. TMDs are also known to host long-lived excitons, which inherit the topology of the underlying Chern bands. For the particular example of <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:msub><a:mi>MoTe</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msub><a:mo>/</a:mo><a:msub><a:mi>WSe</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msub></a:math> heterobilayers we perform a time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculation to identify a regime in the phase diagram where the excitons themselves form a topological flat band. This paves a way towards realizing strongly correlated states of bosons in moiré TMDs.

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Physical Review Research
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2025-04-14
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.7.023047
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Topological excitons in moiré <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>MoTe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>WSe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml

Glenn Wagner, Paul Froese, Titus Neupert
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Physical Review Research
2D Materials and Applications
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Topological excitons in moiré <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>MoTe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>WSe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml

Glenn Wagner, Paul Froese, Titus Neupert
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Abstract

Due to the presence of flat Chern bands, moiré transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers are a platform to realize strongly correlated topological phases of fermions such as fractional Chern insulators. TMDs are also known to host long-lived excitons, which inherit the topology of the underlying Chern bands. For the particular example of <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:msub><a:mi>MoTe</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msub><a:mo>/</a:mo><a:msub><a:mi>WSe</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msub></a:math> heterobilayers we perform a time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculation to identify a regime in the phase diagram where the excitons themselves form a topological flat band. This paves a way towards realizing strongly correlated states of bosons in moiré TMDs.

Physical Review ResearchVol. 7(2)
University of Toronto (CA), University of Zurich (CH)
National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Universität Zürich
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2D Materials and Applications
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