Charged Biexciton Formation with Many-Body-Induced Valley Polarization in a Monolayer Semiconductor.

Abstract

In the realm of many-body physics, the study of low-dimensional excitonic complexes has emerged as a compelling area of research, offering tunable modifications and highlighting quasiparticle interactions as key drivers for advancing valleytronics. Building upon extensive studies of simpler few-body systems such as excitons and trions, here we present a comprehensive exploration of the valley dynamics in more complex five-body charged biexciton (XX^-) in monolayer WS₂ using helicity-resolved ultrafast spectroscopy. We observe a near-unity degree of valley polarization at a moderate temperature of ∼150 K, which persists substantially longer than the population lifetime. Intriguingly, this polarization reveals an unexpected positive correlation with external disturbances such as temperature and pump fluence─behaviors distinct from conventional few-body systems. These phenomena are attributed to the inherent suppression of valley-exchange interactions in XX^-, combined with its dual formation mechanisms: direct optical excitation and indirect conversion mediated by trion-trion interactions. Our results demonstrate that multibody excitonic complexes are stable candidates for maintaining valley polarization and could enable valleytronic applications that utilize many-body correlations.