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Mapping twist-tuned multiband topology in bilayer WSe$_2$

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2024-04-30 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Semiconductor moir\'e superlattices have been shown to host a wide array of interaction-driven ground states. However, twisted homobilayers have been difficult to study in the limit of large moir\'e wavelength, where interactions are most dominant. Here, we conduct local electronic compressibility measurements of twisted bilayer WSe2_2 (tWSe2_2) at small twist angles. We demonstrate multiple topological bands which host a series of Chern insulators at zero magnetic field near a 'magic angle' around 1.231.23^\circ. Using a locally applied electric field, we induce a topological quantum phase transition at one hole per moir\'e unit cell. Our work establishes the topological phase diagram of a generalized Kane-Mele-Hubbard model in tWSe2_2, demonstrating a tunable platform for strongly correlated topological phases.

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@article{arxiv.2304.09808,
  title  = {Mapping twist-tuned multiband topology in bilayer WSe$_2$},
  author = {Benjamin A. Foutty and Carlos R. Kometter and Trithep Devakul and Aidan P. Reddy and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Liang Fu and Benjamin E. Feldman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.09808},
  year   = {2024}
}

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This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science 384 (doi below)

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