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Magnetic properties of moir\'e quantum dot arrays

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2024-07-04 v4 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We investigate magnetic properties of quantum dot arrays of moir\'e triangular superlattices. Starting from a reciprocal space model, we use the projection technique to obtain maximally localized Wannier functions and determine generalized Hubbard model parameters. The many-body Hamiltonian is solved using the exact diagonalization method as a function of the number of electrons in differently shaped quantum dots arrays. Finite spin polarization is observed within a wide range of filling factors for small twist angles and sufficiently strong interactions in most of the studied structures. The prospect for a magnetization controlled by applying a displacement field is presented. In the vicinity of half-filling, signatures of Nagaoka ferromagnetism in moir\'e materials are seen, which we demonstrate by comparing results with the corresponding on-site Hubbard model.

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@article{arxiv.2208.04636,
  title  = {Magnetic properties of moir\'e quantum dot arrays},
  author = {Weronika Pasek and Michał Kupczyński and Paweł Potasz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.04636},
  year   = {2024}
}

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8 pages, 9 figures

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