Bosonic Delocalization of Dipolar Moire Excitons

In superlattices of twisted semiconductor monolayers, tunable moire potentials emerge, trapping excitons into periodic arrays. In particular, spatially separated interlayer excitons are subject to a deep potential landscape and they exhibit a permanent dipole providing a unique opportunity to study interacting bosonic lattices. Recent experiments have demonstrated density-dependent transport properties of moire excitons, which could play a key role for technological applications. However, the intriguing interplay between exciton-exciton interactions and moire trapping has not been well understood yet. In this work, we develop a microscopic theory of interacting excitons in external potentials allowing us to tackle this highly challenging problem. We find that interactions between moire excitons lead to a delocalization at intermediate densities, and we show how this transition can be tuned via twist angle and temperature. The delocalization is accompanied by a modification of optical moire resonances, which gradually merge into a single free exciton peak.

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In superlattices of twisted semiconductor monolayers, tunable moire potentials emerge, trapping excitons into periodic arrays. Recent experiments have demonstrated density-dependent transport properties of moire excitons, which could play a key role for technological applications. In this work, a microscopic theory of interacting excitons in external potentials is developed, showing how interactions between moire excitons can lead to a delocalization at intermediate densities.