Hierarchical spectral inhomogeneity in photoluminescence of a twisted MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayer moir'e superlattice revealed by hyperspectral mapping

arXiv:2604.16939 · cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cond-mat.mes-hall · Submitted 2026-04-18 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cond-mat.mes-hall

Submitted: 2026-04-18

Updated: 2026-05-21

DOI: 10.1063/5.0335306

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: Low-temperature photoluminescence from MoSe2/WSe2 moire superlattice often consists of a broad interlayer emission background with dense, narrow peaks, making microscopic line-by-line assignment

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Low-temperature photoluminescence from MoSe2/WSe2 moire superlattice often consists of a broad interlayer emission background with dense, narrow peaks, making microscopic line-by-line assignment difficult. Here, we use hyperspectral photoluminescence mapping and peak-decomposition-free spectral analyses to determine how this spectral complexity is organized in space. A 20 x 20 map acquired with a 400 nm pitch reveals three dominant spectral families that form contiguous real-space domains. Feature-wise spatial correlation analysis and whole-spectrum similarity yield a characteristic micron-scale length of 1.27-2.05 um, all exceeding the 0.85 um optical spot size. At the same time, individual pixels retain a dense, multi-peak structure, implying an unresolved local spectral manifold below optical resolution. Correlations among centroid, dominant energy, asymmetry, width, entropy, sharp fraction, and roughness indicate that the micron-scale energy landscape and local manifold complexity can be statistically separated, while remaining correlated across the map, consistent with a hierarchical organization of the emission spectrum. These results establish hierarchical inhomogeneity as an organizing principle of MoSe2/WSe2 moire superlattice photoluminescence.

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