Transient exciton-polariton dynamics in WSe                         2                          by ultrafast near-field imaging

M. Mrejen; L. Yadgarov; A. Levanon; H. Suchowski

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Transient exciton-polariton dynamics in WSe ₂ by ultrafast near-field imaging

M. Mrejen, L. Yadgarov, A. Levanon, H. Suchowski

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Van der Waals (vdW) materials offer an exciting platform for strong light-matter interaction enabled by their polaritonic modes and the associated deep subwavelength light confinement. Semiconductor vdW materials such as WSe ₂ are of particular interest for photonic and quantum integrated technologies because they sustain visible–near-infrared (VIS-NIR) exciton-polariton (EP) modes at room temperature. Here, we develop a unique spatiotemporal imaging technique at the femtosecond-nanometric scale and observe the EP dynamics in WSe ₂ waveguides. Our method, based on a novel ultrafast broadband intrapulse pump-probe near-field imaging, allows direct visualization of EP formation and propagation in WSe ₂ showing, at room temperature, ultraslow EP with a group velocity of v _g ~ 0.017c. Our imaging method paves the way for in situ ultrafast coherent control and extreme spatiotemporal imaging of condensed matter.

Original language	English
Article number	eaat9618
Journal	Science advances
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat9618
State	Published - 1 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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