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We investigate the magnetic proximity effect in van der Waals heterostructure formed by a monolayer semiconductor stacked on a 2D ferromagnet, where the lattice mismatch and twisting between the layers typically lead to the formation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-08-20 Qingjun Tong , Mingxing Chen , Wang Yao

Overlaying commensurate optical lattices with various configurations called superlattices can lead to exotic lattice topologies and, in turn, a discovery of novel physics. In this study, by overlapping the maxima of lattices, a new isolated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Xinhao Zou , Baoguo Yang , Xia Xu , Pengju Tang , Xiaoji Zhou

Recently, superconductivity was discovered at very low densities in slightly misaligned graphene multilayers. Surprisingly, despite extremely low electronic density (about $10^{-4}$ electrons per unit cell), these systems realize…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-01 Ivar Martin

Moir\'e superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures have emerged as a powerful tool for engineering novel quantum phenomena. Here we report the observation of a correlated interlayer exciton insulator in a double-layer heterostructure…

Moir\'e superlattices open an unprecedented opportunity for tailoring interactions between quantum particles and their coupling to electromagnetic fields. Strong superlattice potential generates moir\'e minibands of excitons -- bound pairs…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-25 Yanhao Tang , Jie Gu , Song Liu , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , James Hone , Kin Fai Mak , Jie Shan

Electronic correlations in two-dimensional materials play a crucial role in stabilising emergent phases of matter. The realisation of correlation-driven phenomena in graphene has remained a longstanding goal, primarily due to the absence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Saisab Bhowmik , Arindam Ghosh , U. Chandni

Interactions among electronic and lattice degrees-of-freedom are foundational to various phases in condensed-matter physics, yet the dynamic interplay between excitonic and phononic quasiparticles represents an equivalent, underexplored…

Electromagnetically induced optical (or photonic) lattices via atomic coherence in atomic ensembles have recently received great theoretical and experimental interest. We here conceive a way to generate electromagnetically induced moir\'{e}…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-02 Zhiming Chen , Xiuye Liu , Jianhua Zeng

The physics of oxide superlattices is considered for pristine (001) multilayers of the band insulators LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 with alternating p and n interfaces. First principles results and a model of capacitor plates offer a simple paradigm…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-29 N. C. Bristowe , Emilio Artacho , P. B. Littlewood

A Moire superlattice on the topological insulator surface is predicted to exhibit many novel properties but has not been experimentally realized. Here, we developed a two-step growth method to successfully fabricate a topological insulator…

Motivated by the recent experiments on van der Waals heterostructures involving metallic and Mott insulating layers, we construct a moir\'e extension of the Kondo-Heisenberg model and study its phase diagram via Abrikosov fermion mean field…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-13 Jyotirish Das , Onur Erten

Moir\'e superlattice-induced sub-bands in twisted van der Waals homo- and hetero-structures govern their optical and electrical properties, rendering additional degrees of freedom such as twist angle. Here, we demonstrate the moir\'e…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-15 Medha Dandu , Garima Gupta , Pushkar Dasika , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Kausik Majumdar

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) moir\'e superlattices, owing to the moir\'e flatbands and strong correlation, can host periodic electron crystals and fascinating correlated physics. The TMDC heterojunctions in the type-II alignment…

Moir\'e patterns are a central motif in van der Waals heterostructures arising from the superposition of two-dimensional (2D) incommensurate lattices. These patterns reveal a wealth of correlated effects, influencing electronic, magnetic,…

Large scale two-dimensional (2D) moir\'e superlattices are driving a revolution in designer quantum materials. The electronic interactions in these superlattices, strongly dependent on the periodicity and symmetry of the moir\'e pattern,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 M. Kögl , P. Soubelet , M. Brotons-Gisbert , A. V. Stier , B. D. Gerardot , J. J. Finley

The moir\'e Hubbard model describes correlations in certain homobilayer twisted transition metal dichalcogenides. Using exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization group methods, we find magnetic Mott insulating and metallic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-15 Alexander Wietek , Jie Wang , Jiawei Zang , Jennifer Cano , Antoine Georges , Andrew Millis

We examine transport properties of a magnetic superlattice with current perpendicular to the planes. In the limit that the phase-breaking and spin flip scattering lengths are greater than the system size, a multiple-scattering approach is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Seviour , S. Sanvito , C. J. Lambert , J. H. Jefferson

Mott insulating behavior is induced by strong electron correlation and can lead to exotic states of matter such as unconventional superconductivity and quantum spin liquids. Recent advances in van der Waals material synthesis enable the…

Moire superlattices-twisted van der Waals (vdW) structures with small angles-are attracting increasing attention in condensed matter physics, due to important phenomena revealed therein, including unconventional superconductivity,…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-05 Jialin Chen , Xiao Lin , Mingyuan Chen , Tony Low , Hongsheng Chen , Siyuan Dai

Although evidence of inter-valley attraction-mediated by phonon or topological fluctuations is accumulating, the origin of superconductivity in the flat-band quantum moir\'e materials remains an open question. Here, instead of attempting to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-01 Xu Zhang , Kai Sun , Heqiu Li , Gaopei Pan , Zi Yang Meng