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扭曲双层石墨烯中相互作用驱动的能带平坦和相关相位

Interaction-driven Band Flattening and Correlated Phases in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Youngjoon Choi, Hyunjin Kim, Cyprian Lewandowski, Yang Peng, Alex Thomson, Robert Polski, Yiran Zhang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jason Alicea, Stevan Nadj-Perge

摘要:

魔角扭曲双层石墨烯(TBG)具有平坦的电子能带,这一特性导致了大量的相关现象。早期的理论研究表明,在魔角下,狄拉克速度消失,整个莫尔带的宽度变得非常窄。然而,这种情况与实验研究相矛盾,实验研究揭示了有限的狄拉克速度以及显着大于预测的带宽。在这里,我们使用空间分辨光谱在有限和零磁场检查电子结构的莫尔带和它们的复杂连接相关的相位。通过跟踪有限场中朗道能级的相对位移,我们检测到填充相关的能带平坦化,它意外地在~1.3度处开始,远高于魔角,因此名义上处于弱相关状态。我们进一步表明,随着扭转角的减小,莫尔带在逐渐降低的掺杂水平下变得最平坦。令人惊讶的是,当扭转角达到这样的值时,对应的零场相关相开始出现,其中最大平坦化发生在每个莫尔晶胞中$-2$、$+1$、$+2$、$+3$电子的近似填充处。我们的观察得到证实的计算,将库仑充电能量和交换相互作用之间的相互作用,这些影响一起产生带平坦化,因此显着的状态密度增强,有利于观察到的破环级联跃迁。除了新兴的阶段钉扎到整数填充,我们还实验确定了一系列明显的相关驱动的带变形和软间隙在更广泛的掺杂范围内周围$\pm 2$填充超导性的预期。我们的研究结果突出了相互作用驱动的能带平坦化在TBG中形成强大的相关相位的作用。

英文摘要:

Flat electronic bands, characteristic of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), host a wealth of correlated phenomena. Early theoretical considerations suggested that, at the magic angle, the Dirac velocity vanishes and the entire width of the moiré bands becomes extremely narrow. Yet, this scenario contradicts experimental studies that reveal a finite Dirac velocity as well as bandwidths significantly larger than predicted. Here we use spatially resolved spectroscopy in finite and zero magnetic fields to examine the electronic structure of moiré bands and their intricate connection to correlated phases. By following the relative shifts of Landau levels in finite fields, we detect filling-dependent band flattening, that unexpectedly starts already at ~1.3 degrees, well above the magic angle and hence nominally in the weakly correlated regime. We further show that, as the twist angle is reduced, the moiré bands become maximally flat at progressively lower doping levels. Surprisingly, when the twist angles reach values for which the maximal flattening occurs at approximate filling of $-2$, $+1$,$+2$,$+3$ electrons per moiré unit cell, the corresponding zero-field correlated phases start to emerge. Our observations are corroborated by calculations that incorporate an interplay between the Coulomb charging energy and exchange interactions; together these effects produce band flattening and hence a significant density-of-states enhancement that facilitates the observed symmetry-breaking cascade transitions. Besides emerging phases pinned to integer fillings, we also experimentally identify a series of pronounced correlation-driven band deformations and soft gaps in a wider doping range around $\pm 2$ filling where superconductivity is expected. Our results highlight the role of interaction-driven band-flattening in forming robust correlated phases in TBG.

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