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In ordinary solids, nonlinear optical responses are typically studied in terms of unit-cell averages due to the angstr\"om-scale lattice constants. In contrast, moir\'e superlattices, characterized by a large length scale, unlock an…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-04 Ruiping Guo , Haowei Chen , Wenhui Duan , Yong Xu , Chong Wang

Moir\'e patterns, typically formed by overlaying two layers of two-dimensional materials, exhibit an effective long-range periodicity that depends on the short-range periodicity of each layer and their spatial misalignment. Here, we study…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-04 Fan Feng

Several research groups have reported on the observation of superconductivity in bilayer graphene structures where single atomic layers of graphene are stacked and then twisted at angles $\theta$ forming Moir\'e superlattices. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-15 Evgueni F. Talantsev , Ratu C. Mataira , Wayne P. Crump

The emerging field of twistronics, which harnesses the twist angle between two-dimensional materials, represents a promising route for the design of quantum materials, as the twist-angle-induced superlattices offer means to control topology…

Moir\'e superlattices in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have given rise to a number of emergent electronic phenomena due to the interplay between atomic structure and electron correlations. A lack of a simple way to characterize…

We develop a general theory for twisted bilayer photonic crystals that takes into account both far-field response and near-field coupling. The theory is based on the framework of a generalized Rayleigh-Schr\"odinger perturbation theory for…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-30 Shupeng Xu , Dun Wang , Ritesh Agarwal

The formation of a superstructure - with a related Moir\'e pattern - plays a crucial role in the extraordinary optical and electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene, including the recently observed unconventional superconductivity.…

In moir\'e crystals formed by stacking van der Waals (vdW) materials, surprisingly diverse correlated electronic phases and optical properties can be realized by a subtle change in the twist angle. Here, we discover that phonon spectra are…

When atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials are layered they often form incommensurate non-crystalline structures that exhibit long-period moir{\' e} patterns when examined by scanning probes. In this paper we present an approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Jeil Jung , Arnaud Raoux , Zhenhua Qiao , Allan H. MacDonald

Waveguide and resonant properties of diffractive structures are often explained through the complex poles of their scattering matrices. Numerical methods for calculating poles of the scattering matrix with applications in grating theory are…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-01-24 Dmitry A. Bykov , Leonid L. Doskolovich

This paper presents a reduced projection method for the solution of quasiperiodic Schr\"{o}dinger eigenvalue problems for photonic moir\'e lattices. Using the properties of the Schr\"{o}dinger operator in higher-dimensional space via a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-09 Zixuan Gao , Zhenli Xu , Zhiguo Yang

The translation symmetry of a lattice is greatly modified when subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field [Zak, Phys. Rev. \textbf{134}, A1602 (1964)]. This change in symmetry can lead to magnetic unit cells that are substantially larger…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-15 Xu-Tao Wan , Chao Gao , Zhe-Yu Shi

Moir\'e lattices are a general feature of bilayer structures, where an additional periodic superstructure is generated by either lattice mismatch or from a twist angle. They have been shown to stabilise new ground states, including…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-17 Luke C. Rhodes , Dylan C. Houston , Olivia R. Armitage , Peter Wahl

Moir\'e engineering offers new pathways for manipulating emergent states in twisted layered materials and lattice-mismatched heterostructures. With the key role of the geometry of the underlying lattice in mind, here we introduce the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-17 Yi-Chun Hung , Xiaoting Zhou , Arun Bansil

The moir\'e superlattices formed by stacking 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with twisting angle or lattice mismatch have provided a versatile platform with unprecedented tunability for exploring many frontier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Dawei Zhai , Hongyi Yu , Wang Yao

Recently, artificial moire superlattices of classical waves have aroused tremendous interest, inspired by the newly emergent twistronics that focuses on the peculiar electronic properties induced by flat bands. However, so far, the moire…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-28 Tingzhi Liu , Xingjian Zhang , Qicheng Zhang , Xiying Fan , Fengcheng Wu , Chunyin Qiu

Inspired by the rich physics of twisted 2D bilayer moir\'{e} systems, we study Coulomb interacting systems subjected to two overlapping finite 1D lattice potentials of unequal periods through exact numerical diagonalization. Unmatching…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 DinhDuy Vu , S. Das Sarma

Moir\'e superlattices in twisted van der Waals materials constitute a promising platform for engineering electronic and optical properties. However, a major obstacle to fully understanding these systems and harnessing their potential is the…

The study of twisted two-dimensional (2D) materials, where twisting layers create moir\'e superlattices, has opened new opportunities for investigating topological phases and strongly correlated physics. While systems such as twisted…

Moir\'e superlattices created by the twisted stacking of two-dimensional crystalline monolayers can host electronic bands with flat energy dispersion in which interaction among electrons is strongly enhanced. These superlattices can also…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Xiaomeng Liu , Cheng-Li Chiu , Jong Yeon Lee , Gelareh Farahi , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Ashvin Vishwanath , Ali Yazdani