{\theta}-Tunable Photoluminescence from Interlayer Excitons in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

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Using resonant 2-photon excitation of interlayer electrons in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), we resolve photoluminescence (PL) that tunes spectrally with stacking angle, {\theta}.

• This weak signal is 4- 5$\times$ larger than the non-resonant background and is emitted from the interlayer band anti-crossing regions traditionally associated with van Hove singularity resonances.
• However, our observation of resonant PL emission with delayed ~1 ps electronic thermalization suggests interlayer carriers may instead form bound-excitons.
• Using both the 2-photon PL and intraband transient absorption spectra, we observe bright and dark state peak-splitting associated with an interlayer exciton binding energy ranging from 0.5 to 0.7 eV for {\theta} = 8$^o$ to 17$^o$.