Nonvolatile Electrical Programming of Valley Pseudospins in a Ferroelectric Van Der Waals Heterostructure

ABSTRACT Valley pseudospin, the third quantum degree of freedom for electrons in two‐dimensional crystals after charge and spin, exhibits two distinguishable states (K and −K) and serves as a versatile platform for information encoding, manipulation, and low‐power quantum technologies. However, most existing approaches rely on continuous external fields to transiently induce valley polarization, without stable K/−K occupation imbalance, fundamentally preventing nonvolatile valley‐based memory. Here, we demonstrate nonvolatile and electrically programmable control of valley pseudospins in a van der Waals heterostructure composed of monolayer MoSe 2 and ferroelectric CuInP 2 S 6 (CIPS). By integrating a gold micropillar electrode array with an electromechanical modulation scheme, localized strain gradients are introduced into the MoSe 2 /CIPS heterostructure, giving rise to flexoelectric fields that regulate Cu + redistribution and enable robust, energy‐efficient control of excitonic properties. Magneto‐optical spectroscopy reveals that ferroelectric polarization‐induced interfacial fields enable reversible switching between spin‐allowed bright and spin‐forbidden dark trions, accompanied by a reversible Landé g ‐factor tuning from −4.7 to −7.8. Under an external magnetic field, electrically driven valley polarization reaches 35.7%, exhibiting high contrast and long‐term retention. Furthermore, ASCII‐encoded valley polarization states demonstrate reliable nonvolatile information storage. This work establishes a versatile ferroelectric platform for reconfigurable valleytronic memory and programmable quantum photonics, paving the way toward scalable and energy‐efficient quantum information technologies.

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Advanced Functional Materials
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2026-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202528029
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2D Materials and Applications
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Nonvolatile Electrical Programming of Valley Pseudospins in a Ferroelectric Van Der Waals Heterostructure

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Nonvolatile Electrical Programming of Valley Pseudospins in a Ferroelectric Van Der Waals Heterostructure

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ABSTRACT Valley pseudospin, the third quantum degree of freedom for electrons in two‐dimensional crystals after charge and spin, exhibits two distinguishable states (K and −K) and serves as a versatile platform for information encoding, manipulation, and low‐power quantum technologies. However, most existing approaches rely on continuous external fields to transiently induce valley polarization, without stable K/−K occupation imbalance, fundamentally preventing nonvolatile valley‐based memory. Here, we demonstrate nonvolatile and electrically programmable control of valley pseudospins in a van der Waals heterostructure composed of monolayer MoSe 2 and ferroelectric CuInP 2 S 6 (CIPS). By integrating a gold micropillar electrode array with an electromechanical modulation scheme, localized strain gradients are introduced into the MoSe 2 /CIPS heterostructure, giving rise to flexoelectric fields that regulate Cu + redistribution and enable robust, energy‐efficient control of excitonic properties. Magneto‐optical spectroscopy reveals that ferroelectric polarization‐induced interfacial fields enable reversible switching between spin‐allowed bright and spin‐forbidden dark trions, accompanied by a reversible Landé g ‐factor tuning from −4.7 to −7.8. Under an external magnetic field, electrically driven valley polarization reaches 35.7%, exhibiting high contrast and long‐term retention. Furthermore, ASCII‐encoded valley polarization states demonstrate reliable nonvolatile information storage. This work establishes a versatile ferroelectric platform for reconfigurable valleytronic memory and programmable quantum photonics, paving the way toward scalable and energy‐efficient quantum information technologies.

Advanced Functional Materials
The University of Sydney (AU), Central South University (CN), City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute (CN), Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (CN), FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ), Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (China) (CN), National Laboratory for Superconductivity (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
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2D Materials and Applications
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