Superfluidity of indirect excitons in van der Waals heterostructures of transition metal trichalcogenides

Abstract

We predict angle-dependent superfluidity for a new class of 2D materials -- transition metals trichalcogenides (TMTC). Within a mean-field approach superfluidity of indirect excitons in TMTC van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) is studied. We use different potentials for charged carriers interaction to analyze the influence of the screening on the studied phenomena. Our study demonstrates the angle-dependent superfluidity temperature in TMTC vdWHs: for a given density a maximum and minimum $T_c$ of superfluidity occurs along chain and $a$-directions, respectively. This work can guide experimental research toward the realization of anisotropic superfluidity in TMTC vdWH. We suggest an experiment for the observation of anisotropic superfluidity in TMTC vdWH.