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铋表面向列相量子霍尔液体的观测

Observation of a Nematic Quantum Hall Liquid on the Surface of Bismuth

Benjamin E. Feldman, Mallika T. Randeria, András Gyenis, Fengcheng Wu, Huiwen Ji, R. J. Cava, Allan H. MacDonald, Ali Yazdani

摘要:

波函数打破了潜在的晶体对称性的向列量子流体可以在相互作用的电子系统中形成。我们研究了在强磁场中由Bi(111)表面各向异性空穴袋产生的量子霍尔态。用扫描隧道显微镜进行的光谱显示,局部应变和多体库仑相互作用的组合提升了六倍朗道能级(LL)简并度,形成三个谷极化量子霍尔态。我们的图像所产生的各向异性LL波函数,并表明,他们有一个不同的方向为每个破缺对称状态。波函数精确地对应于那些预期从对孔谷,并提供一个直接的空间签名的电子相位。

英文摘要:

Nematic quantum fluids with wavefunctions that break the underlying crystalline symmetry can form in interacting electronic systems. We examine the quantum Hall states that arise in high magnetic fields from anisotropic hole pockets on the Bi(111) surface. Spectroscopy performed with a scanning tunneling microscope shows that a combination of local strain and many-body Coulomb interactions lift the six-fold Landau level (LL) degeneracy to form three valley-polarized quantum Hall states. We image the resulting anisotropic LL wavefunctions and show that they have a different orientation for each broken-symmetry state. The wavefunctions correspond precisely to those expected from pairs of hole valleys and provide a direct spatial signature of a nematic electronic phase.

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