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The fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) effect was recently discovered in twisted MoTe2 bilayers (tMoTe2). Experiments to date have revealed Chern insulators from hole doping at v = -1, -2/3, -3/5, and -4/7 (per moir\'e unit cell). In…

The fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect (FQAHE), the analog of the fractional quantum Hall effect1 at zero magnetic field, is predicted to exist in topological flat bands under spontaneous time-reversal-symmetry breaking. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Zhengguang Lu , Tonghang Han , Yuxuan Yao , Aidan P. Reddy , Jixiang Yang , Junseok Seo , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Liang Fu , Long Ju

Two-dimensional semiconducting moir\'e materials have emerged as a highly tunable platform for exploring novel quantum phenomena. Recently, tMoTe2 has attracted significant attentions due to the observation of the long-sought fractional…

Flat bands and electron correlation in moir\'e lattices give rise to many exotic phases, including Mott insulators, superconductivity, and topological states. Within the first moir\'e band, integer and fractional quantum anomalous Hall…

The integer quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect is a lattice analog of the quantum Hall effect at zero magnetic field. This striking transport phenomenon occurs in electronic systems with topologically nontrivial bands and spontaneous…

In moir\'e materials with flat electronic bands and suitable quantum geometry, strong correlations can give rise to novel topological states of matter. The nontrivial band topology of twisted molybdenum ditelluride (tMoTe$_2$) --…

Electrons in topological flat bands can form novel topological states driven by the correlation effects. The penta-layer rhombohedral graphene/hBN moire superlattice has been shown to host fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect (FQAHE) at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Zhengguang Lu , Tonghang Han , Yuxuan Yao , Jixiang Yang , Junseok Seo , Lihan Shi , Shenyong Ye , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Long Ju

The quantum geometry of Bloch wavefunctions,encoded in the Berry curvature and quantum metric, is believed to be a decisive ingredient in stabilizing fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) effect(i.e., fractional Chern insulator, FCI, at…

Twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides, such as MoTe$_2$, provide a versatile platform for exploring correlated topological phases. This work investigates the interplay of perpendicular magnetic and electric fields in tuning the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-27 Tianhong Lu , Yi-Ming Wu , Luiz H. Santos

The millimeter sized monolayer and bilayer 2H-MoTe2 single crystal samples are prepared by a new mechanical exfoliation method. Based on such high-quality samples, we report the first direct electronic structure study on them, using…

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is a fundamental quantum transport phenomenon in condensed matter physics. Until now, the only experimental realization of the QAHE has been observed for Cr/V-doped (Bi,Sb)$_2$Te$_3$ but at extremely low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-08 Xinzhou Deng , Hualing Yang , Shifei Qi , Xiaohong Xu , Zhenhua Qiao

The recently discovered nonlinear Hall effect (NHE) in a few non-interacting systems provides a novel mechanism to generate second harmonic electrical Hall signals under time-reversal-symmetric conditions. Here, we introduce a new approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-25 Meizhen Huang , Zefei Wu , Jinxin Hu , Xiangbin Cai , En Li , Liheng An , Xuemeng Feng , Ziqing Ye , Nian Lin , Kam Tuen Law , Ning Wang

Fractional Quantum Hall effect (FQHE) is a unique many-body phenomenon, which was discovered in a two-dimensional electron system placed in a strong perpendicular magnetic field. It is entirely due to the electron-electron interactions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-15 Vadym Apalkov , Tapash Chakraborty

Twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ near two-degree twists has emerged as a platform for exotic correlated topological phases, including ferromagnetism and a non-Abelian fractional spin Hall insulator. Here we reveal the unexpected emergence of an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-16 Cheong-Eung Ahn , Donghae Seo , Gyeoul Lee , Youngwook Kim , Gil Young Cho

We investigate the electronic spectra and quantum Hall effect in twisted bilayer graphenes with various rotation angles under magnetic fields, using a model rigorously including the interlayer interaction. We describe the spectral evolution…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-31 Pilkyung Moon , Mikito Koshino

The long-awaited fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) effect recently has been observed in the twisted $\mathrm{MoTe_2}$ homobilayers, causing a great sensation. Here, we theoretically investigate the moir\'e band structures of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 Miao Liang , Shi-Ping Ding , Ming Wu , Chen Zhao , Jin-Hua Gao

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), the last member of Hall family, was predicted to exhibit quantized Hall conductivity e2/h without any external magnetic field. The QAHE shares a similar physical phenomenon with the integer quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Cui-Zu Chang , Mingda Li

The coexistence of superconductivity and fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) effect has recently been observed in twisted MoTe$_2$ and theoretically demonstrated in a model of repulsively interacting electrons under an emergent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-18 Daniele Guerci , Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Liang Fu

The electrical Hall effect is the production of a transverse voltage under an out-of-plane magnetic field. Historically, studies of the Hall effect have led to major breakthroughs including the discoveries of Berry curvature and the…

Exotic quantum phenomena have been demonstrated in recently discovered intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. At its two-dimensional limit, quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and axion insulator state are observed in odd and…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-24 Yonghao Yuan , Xintong Wang , Hao Li , Jiaheng Li , Yu Ji , Zhenqi Hao , Yang Wu , Ke He , Yayu Wang , Yong Xu , Wenhui Duan , Wei Li , Qi-Kun Xue