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High-order fractal states in graphene superlattices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-05-02 v1

Abstract

Graphene superlattices were shown to exhibit high-temperature quantum oscillations due to periodic emergence of delocalized Bloch states in high magnetic fields such that unit fractions of the flux quantum pierce a superlattice unit cell. Under these conditions, semiclassical electron trajectories become straight again, similar to the case of zero magnetic field. Here we report magnetotransport measurements that reveal second, third and fourth order magnetic Bloch states at high electron densities and temperatures above 100 K. The recurrence of these states creates a fractal pattern intimately related to the origin of Hofstadter butterflies. The hierarchy of the fractal states is determined by the width of magnetic minibands, in qualitative agreement with our band structure calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1804.09476,
  title  = {High-order fractal states in graphene superlattices},
  author = {R. Krishna Kumar and A. Mishchenko and X. Chen and S. Pezzini and G. H. Auton and L. A. Ponomarenko and U. Zeitler and L. Eaves and V. I. Fal'ko and A. K. Geim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09476},
  year   = {2018}
}