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Nematic quantum fluids with wavefunctions that break the underlying crystalline symmetry can form in interacting electronic systems. We examine the quantum Hall states that arise in high magnetic fields from anisotropic hole pockets on the…

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Strongly correlated quantum systems in low dimensions often exhibit novel quantum ordering. This ordering is sometimes hidden and can be revealed only by examining new `dual' types of correlations. Such ordering leads to novel collective…

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Motivated by recent observation of nematicity in Moir\'{e} systems, we study three different orbital orders that potentially can happen in Moir\'{e} systems: (1) the nematic order; (2) the valley polarization; and (3) the "compass order".…

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Electron spin-qubits in silicon-germanium (SiGe) heterostructures are a major candidate for the realization of scalable quantum computers. A critical challenge in strained Si/SiGe quantum wells (QWs) is the existence of two nearly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Abel Thayil , Lasse Ermoneit , Markus Kantner

Correlated electron fluids can exhibit a startling array of complex phases, among which one of the more surprising is the electron nematic, a translationally invariant metallic phase with a spontaneously generated spatial anisotropy.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-13 Eduardo Fradkin , Steven A. Kivelson , Michael J. Lawler , James P. Eisenstein , Andrew P. Mackenzie

We present results of numerical studies of spin quantum Hall transitions in disordered superconductors, in which the pairing order parameter breaks time-reversal symmetry. We focus mainly on p-wave superconductors in which one of the spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Qinghong Cui , Xin Wan , Kun Yang

The spin-orbit coupling in the absence of spatial inversion symmetry plays an important role in realizing intriguing electronic states in solids, such as topological insulators and unconventional superconductivity. Usually, the inversion…

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We investigate the ground state competition at the transition from the spin unpolarized to spin ordered phase at filling factor $\nu=2/3$ in single layer heterostructure and at $\nu=2$ in double layer quantum well. To trace the quantum Hall…

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We study the spin quantum Hall effect and transitions between Hall plateaus in quasi two-dimensional network models consisting of several coupled layers. Systems exhibiting the spin quantum Hall effect belong to class C in the symmetry…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-03-18 J. T. Chalker , M. Ortuño , A. M. Somoza

We study spin and valley ordering in the quantum Hall fractions in monolayer graphene at Landau level filling factors $\nu_G=-2+n/3$ $(n=2,4,5)$. We use exact diagonalizations on the spherical as well as toroidal geometry by taking into…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-18 Ngoc Duc Le , Thierry Jolicoeur

We investigate the emergence of quantum anomalous Hall conductivity in a two-dimensional $d$-wave altermagnet on a Lieb lattice under an external magnetic field. Altermagnetic order induces momentum-dependent spin splitting without net…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Meysam Bagheri Tagani , Amar Fakhredine , Carmine Autieri

Using first principles calculations, we have demonstrated the creation of multiple quantum states, in the experimentally accessible metal organic framework BHT-Ni. Specifically, quantum spin Hall and quantum anomalous Hall states are…

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We study a cluster of quantum dots defined within silicene that host confined electron states with spin and valley degrees of freedom. Atomistic tight-binding and continuum Dirac approximation are applied for few-electron system in quest…

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The Hartree-Fock paradigm of bilayer quantum Hall states with finite tunneling at filling factor $\nu$=1 has full pseudospin ferromagnetic order with all the electrons in the lowest symmetric Landau level. Inelastic light scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefano Luin , Vittorio Pellegrini , Aron Pinczuk , Brian S. Dennis , Loren N. Pfeiffer , Ken W. West

Recent experiments on graphene multilayers under displacement field have demonstrated a wide variety of electronically ordered phases, including valley and/or spin polarized phases as well as potentially unconventional superconducting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-27 R. David Mayrhofer , Andrey V. Chubukov

The interaction between electrons in graphene under high magnetic fields drives the formation of a rich set of quantum Hall ferromagnetic phases (QHFM), with broken spin or valley symmetry. Visualizing atomic scale electronic wavefunctions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Xiaomeng Liu , Gelareh Farahi , Cheng-Li Chiu , Zlatko Papic , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Michael P. Zaletel , Ali Yazdani

At strong magnetic fields double-layer two-dimensional-electron-gas systems can form an unusual broken symmetry state with spontaneous inter-layer phase coherence. The system can be mapped to an equivalent system of pseudospin $1/2$…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Kun Yang , K. Moon , Lotfi Belkhir , H. Mori , S. M. Girvin , A. H. MacDonald , L. Zheng , D. Yoshioka

Electronic states in silicon quantum dots are examined theoretically, taking into account a multivalley structure of the conduction band. We find that (i) exchange interaction hardly works between electrons in different valleys. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yoko Hada , Mikio Eto

In wide GaAs quantum wells where two electric subbands are occupied we apply a parallel magnetic field or increase the electron density to cause a crossing of the two $N=0$ Landau levels of these subbands and with opposite spins. Near the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Yang Liu , S. Hasdemir , J. Shabani , M. Shayegan , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , K. W. Baldwin

Experiments on a nearly spin degenerate two-dimensional electron system reveals unusual hysteretic and relaxational transport in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime. The transition between the spin-polarized (with fill fraction $\nu =…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Eom , H. Cho , W. Kang , K. L. Campman , A. C. Gossard , M. Bichler , W. Wegscheider