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Artificial moir\'{e} engineering for an ideal BHZ model

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-12-30 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that (001) grown Cd3As2 thin films with a superlattice-patterned gate can potentially realize the moir\'e Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang (BHZ) model. Our calculations identify the parameterization region necessary to achieve topological flat mini-bands with a C4z symmetric and a C6z symmetric potential. Additionally, we show that a spin-polarized state can serve as the minimal platform for hosting the moir\'e induced quantum anomalous Hall effect, supported by Hartree Fock interaction kernel analysis and self-consistent mean field calculations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.08540,
  title  = {Artificial moir\'{e} engineering for an ideal BHZ model},
  author = {Wangqian Miao and Arman Rashidi and Xi Dai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.08540},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages, 10 figures

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