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Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

[Image: see text] We report on the quantum Hall effect in two stacked graphene layers rotated by 2°. The tunneling strength among the layers can be varied from very weak to strong via the mechanism of magnetic breakdown when tuning the density. Odd-integer quantum Hall physics is not anticipated in...

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Autores principales: Kim, Youngwook, Moon, Pilkyung, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Smet, Jurgen H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8289309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33955215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00360
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author Kim, Youngwook
Moon, Pilkyung
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Smet, Jurgen H.
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description [Image: see text] We report on the quantum Hall effect in two stacked graphene layers rotated by 2°. The tunneling strength among the layers can be varied from very weak to strong via the mechanism of magnetic breakdown when tuning the density. Odd-integer quantum Hall physics is not anticipated in the regime of suppressed tunneling for balanced layer densities, yet it is observed. We interpret this as a signature of Coulomb interaction induced interlayer coherence and Bose–Einstein condensation of excitons that form at half filling of each layer. A density imbalance gives rise to reentrant behavior due to a phase transition from the interlayer coherent state to incompressible behavior caused by simultaneous condensation of both layers in different quantum Hall states. With increasing overall density, magnetic breakdown gains the upper hand. As a consequence of the enhanced interlayer tunneling, the interlayer coherent state and the phase transition vanish.
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spelling pubmed-82893092021-07-20 Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene Kim, Youngwook Moon, Pilkyung Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Smet, Jurgen H. Nano Lett [Image: see text] We report on the quantum Hall effect in two stacked graphene layers rotated by 2°. The tunneling strength among the layers can be varied from very weak to strong via the mechanism of magnetic breakdown when tuning the density. Odd-integer quantum Hall physics is not anticipated in the regime of suppressed tunneling for balanced layer densities, yet it is observed. We interpret this as a signature of Coulomb interaction induced interlayer coherence and Bose–Einstein condensation of excitons that form at half filling of each layer. A density imbalance gives rise to reentrant behavior due to a phase transition from the interlayer coherent state to incompressible behavior caused by simultaneous condensation of both layers in different quantum Hall states. With increasing overall density, magnetic breakdown gains the upper hand. As a consequence of the enhanced interlayer tunneling, the interlayer coherent state and the phase transition vanish. American Chemical Society 2021-05-06 2021-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8289309/ /pubmed/33955215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00360 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published byAmerican Chemical Society Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title_full Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title_fullStr Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title_full_unstemmed Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title_short Odd Integer Quantum Hall States with Interlayer Coherence in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
title_sort odd integer quantum hall states with interlayer coherence in twisted bilayer graphene
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8289309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33955215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00360
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