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Have Mysterious Topological Valley Currents Been Observed in Graphene Superlattices?

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-11-17 v1 Materials Science Quantum Physics

Abstract

We provide a critical discussion concerning the claim of topological valley currents, driven by a global Berry curvature and valley Hall effect proposed in recent literature. After pointing out a major inconsistency of the theoretical scenario proposed to interpret giant nonlocal resistance, we discuss various possible alternative explanations and open directions of research to solve the mystery of nonlocal transport in graphene superlattices.

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@article{arxiv.2111.08506,
  title  = {Have Mysterious Topological Valley Currents Been Observed in Graphene Superlattices?},
  author = {Stephan Roche and Stephen R. Power and Branislav K. Nikolić and José Hugo García and Antti-Pekka Jauho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.08506},
  year   = {2021}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure