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A $\Gamma$-valley Moir\'e Platform for Tunable Square Lattice Hubbard Model

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-03-25 v1 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Moir\'e superlattices have emerged as a premier platform for simulating the Hubbard model, yet achieving high tunability in square-lattice systems remains a key challenge. We demonstrate that Γ\Gamma-valley twisted square homobilayers provide a faithful and highly tunable realization of ttUt-t'-U Hubbard model, extending the recent proposal in M-valley systems. We show that at small twist angles, an emergent layer-exchange symmetry decouples electronic states into flat bands residing on two nested square sublattices. An interlayer displacement field breaks this symmetry to induce controllable inter-sublattice hybridization, enabling wide-range experimental tuning of the effective hopping ratio t/tt'/t. By establishing a direct correspondence between Γ\Gamma- and M-valley systems, we provide a unified framework for understanding displacement-field tunability in square moir\'e physics. These findings establish Γ\Gamma-valley twisted bilayers as a versatile platform for simulating the square-lattice Hubbard model and exploring its rich landscape of correlated phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.2603.23174,
  title  = {A $\Gamma$-valley Moir\'e Platform for Tunable Square Lattice Hubbard Model},
  author = {Rui Shi and Kejie Bao and Huan Wang and Jing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.23174},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures, this work has been reported in Workshop for Topological Quantum Materials and Information (WTQI-2025) at ShanghaiTech University on 2025/11/16

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