Objective
Interactions amongst a macroscopic number of constituents leads to emergent, collective phenomena such as magnetism and superconductivity. Quantum confinement enhances interactions between electrons leading to a wide variety of many-body quantum phases. Atomically thin layered materials such as monolayer semiconductors are prime candidates to study the effect of interactions due to extreme quantum confinement. Moreover, they offer unique features such as heterostructure assembly aided by van der Waals interactions allowing for engineered electronic properties. Recently, electronic transport measurements have uncovered correlated electronic phases such as Mott-insulator and superconductors in heterostructures of seemingly ordinary semiconductors such as MoSe2 and WSe2. This begs the question whether correlated phases of optical excitations such as excitons can be realized in such heterostructures. In addition to being generated on demand, such out-of-equilibrium phases should have a richer phase diagram. Moreover, correlations amongst optical excitations could translate to emission of non-classical light. Despite these attractive features, a solid-state system which exploits all the aforementioned properties is currently lacking. This proposal aims to realize a versatile 2D materials platform with tunable attractive and repulsive interactions amongst optical excitations and use it create spontaneously ordered phases such as excitonic ferromagnet and dipolar crystals. We will also explore these phases for exotic light generation. Finally, we will exploit the interplay between strong interactions and the underlying geometry and topology of electronic states to hunt for elusive topological correlated phases such as fractional quantum Hall states of excitons. The achievement of these objectives will uncover design-principles for exotic quantum phases and enable the discovery of novel quantum matter and light a fundamental goal of condensed matter physics.
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- natural sciences physical sciences condensed matter physics quasiparticles
- natural sciences mathematics pure mathematics topology
- natural sciences physical sciences quantum physics quantum field theory
- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics semiconductivity
- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics superconductivity
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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(opens in new window) ERC-2021-COG
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80539 MUNCHEN
Germany
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