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Scattering between minivalleys in a moir\'e material

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-04-08 v1

Abstract

A unique feature of the complex band structures of moir\'e materials is the presence of minivalleys, their hybridization, and scattering between them. Here we investigate magneto-transport oscillations caused by scattering between minivalleys - a phenomenon analogous to magneto-intersubband oscillations - in a twisted double bilayer graphene sample with a twist angle of 1.94{\deg}. We study and discuss the potential scattering mechanisms and find an electron-phonon mechanism and valley conserving scattering to be likely. Finally, we discuss the relevance of our findings for different materials and twist angles.

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@article{arxiv.2106.07805,
  title  = {Scattering between minivalleys in a moir\'e material},
  author = {Petar Tomić and Peter Rickhaus and Aitor Garcia-Ruiz and Giulia Zheng and Elías Portolés and Vladimir Fal'ko and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Klaus Ensslin and Thomas Ihn and Folkert K. de Vries},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.07805},
  year   = {2022}
}

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