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Kevin Jürgens

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arXiv2026

Phonon-induced Markovian and non-Markovian effects on absorption spectra of moiré excitons in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers

The properties of moiré excitons in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) vary significantly with the twist angle, ranging from quasi localized excitons with flat dispersions for small twist angles to delocalized excitons for larger ones. This twist angle dependence directly impacts the exciton-phonon coupling, which plays a significant role for the optical properties of these materials. In this work we theoretically investigate the twist angle dependent influence of phonons on absorption spectra of intralayer moiré excitons in a twisted TMDC hetero-bilayer. For the lowest-lying intralayer moiré exciton we find that the exciton-phonon coupling interpolates between two physically distinct regimes when tuning the twist angle. At small twist angles non-Markovian polarization dynamics and phonon sidebands dominate the properties of absorption spectra for localized excitons. For larger twist angles Markovian processes become more important leading to additional line broadening. Furthermore, the absorption spectra here show a characteristic asymmetric peak similar to monolayer TMDCs. When taking into account multiple bright moiré exciton bands we find that intraband scattering due to optical phonons has a significant impact on absorption spectra, effectively suppressing absorption peaks of higher lying bands when their bandwidth surpasses the optical phonon energy.

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arXiv2024

Theory of phonon sidebands in the absorption spectra of moiré exciton-polaritons

Excitons in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides have strongly modified dispersion relations due to the formation of periodic moiré potentials. The strong coupling to a light field in an optical cavity leads to the appearance of moiré polaritons. In this paper, we derive a theoretical model for the linear absorption spectrum of the coupled moiré polariton-phonon system based on the time-convolutionless (TCL) approach. Results obtained by numerically solving the TCL equation are compared to those obtained in the Markovian limit and from a perturbative treatment of non-Markovian corrections. A key quantity for the interpretation of the findings is the generalized phonon spectral density. We discuss the phonon impact on the spectrum for realistic moiré exciton dispersions by varying twist angle and temperature. Key features introduced by the coupling to phonons are broadenings and energy shifts of the upper and lower polariton peak and the appearance of phonon sidebands between them. We analyze these features with respect to the role of Markovian and non-Markovian effects and find that they strongly depend on the twist angle. We can distinguish between the regimes of large, small, and intermediate twist angles. In the latter phonon effects are particularly pronounced due to dominating phonon transitions into regions which are characterized by van Hove singularities in the density of states.

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arXiv2020

Four-wave mixing dynamics of a strongly coupled quantum-dot--microcavity system driven by up to 20 photons

The Jaynes-Cummings (JC) model represents one of the simplest ways in which single qubits can interact with single photon modes, leading to profound quantum phenomena like superpositions of light and matter states. One system, that can be described with the JC model, is a single quantum dot embedded in a micropillar cavity. In this joint experimental and theoretical study we investigate such a system using four-wave mixing (FWM) micro-spectroscopy. Special emphasis is laid on the dependence of the FWM signals on the number of photons injected into the microcavity. By comparing simulation and experiment, which are in excellent agreement with each other, we infer that up to ~20 photons take part in the observed FWM dynamics. Thus we verify the validity of the JC model for the system under consideration in this non-trivial regime. We find that the inevitable coupling between the quantum dot exciton and longitudinal acoustic phonons of the host lattice influences the real time FWM dynamics and has to be taken into account for a sufficient description of the quantum dot-microcavity system. Performing additional simulations in an idealized dissipation-less regime, we observe that the FWM signal exhibits quasi-periodic dynamics, analog to the collapse and revival phenomenon of the JC model. In these simulations we also see that the FWM spectrum has a triplet structure, if a large number of photons is injected into the cavity.

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