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Stark Effect and Valley Polarization of Interlayer Excitons in 3∘ Twisted Bilayer WSe2
by
Haohan Zhou
Haohan Zhou 1,2,* and
Koustav Pal
Koustav Pal 2
1
School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China
2
Spin-X Institute, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Photonics 2026, 13(6), 579; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13060579 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 30 April 2026
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Revised: 3 June 2026
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Accepted: 11 June 2026
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Published: 13 June 2026
Abstract
Twist-angle engineering in van der Waals bilayers enables excitonic and valley phenomena that are not accessible in naturally stacked crystals. In a dual-gated 3 twisted bilayer WSe device, low-temperature polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy reveals a pronounced Stark shift of the interlayer exciton, yielding an effective electron–hole separation of 0.26 nm and indicating a strongly hybridized interlayer excitonic state. The degree of circular polarization (DOCP) is strongly doping-dependent but only weakly affected by the vertical electric field: at zero magnetic field, the DOCP is about 30% in the electron-doped regime and about 18% in the hole-doped regime. An out-of-plane magnetic field of 9 T sharpens this contrast to about 35% and 13%, respectively, suggesting distinct intervalley depolarization dynamics in the two doping regimes. Together, these results show that an electric field primarily tunes exciton energy, whereas doping and a magnetic field control valley polarization, highlighting small-angle twisted bilayer WSe as a promising platform for tunable excitonic and valley-optoelectronic functionalities.
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Zhou, H.; Pal, K.
Stark Effect and Valley Polarization of Interlayer Excitons in 3∘ Twisted Bilayer WSe2. Photonics 2026, 13, 579.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13060579
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Zhou H, Pal K.
Stark Effect and Valley Polarization of Interlayer Excitons in 3∘ Twisted Bilayer WSe2. Photonics. 2026; 13(6):579.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13060579
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Zhou, Haohan, and Koustav Pal.
2026. "Stark Effect and Valley Polarization of Interlayer Excitons in 3∘ Twisted Bilayer WSe2" Photonics 13, no. 6: 579.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13060579
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Zhou, H., & Pal, K.
(2026). Stark Effect and Valley Polarization of Interlayer Excitons in 3∘ Twisted Bilayer WSe2. Photonics, 13(6), 579.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13060579
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