2023/08/17 by Binder, R., Schaibley, J. S., Kwong, N. H. · 1 citation
#FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Optics (physics.optics)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.09188
In a recent publication [Wurdack et al., Nat. Comm. 14:1026 (2023)], it was shown that in microcavities containing atomically thin semiconductors non-Hermitian quantum mechanics can lead to negative exciton polariton masses. We show that mass-sign reversal can occur generally in radiative resonances in two dimensions (without cavity) and derive conditions for it (critical dephasing threshold etc.). In monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides, this phenomenon is not invalidated by the strong electron-hole exchange interaction, which is known to make the exciton massless.