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Quantum simulation of honeycomb lattice model by high-order moir\'e pattern

Materials Science 2024-04-19 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Moir\'e superlattices have become an emergent solid-state platform for simulating quantum lattice models. However, in single moir\'e device, Hamiltonians parameters like lattice constant, hopping and interaction terms can hardly be manipulated, limiting the controllability and accessibility of moire quantum simulator. Here, by combining angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and theoretical analysis, we demonstrate that high-order moir\'e patterns in graphene-monolayered xenon/krypton heterostructures can simulate honeycomb model in mesoscale, with in-situ tunable Hamiltonians parameters. The length scale of simulated lattice constant can be tuned by annealing processes, which in-situ adjusts intervalley interaction and hopping parameters in the simulated honeycomb lattice. The sign of the lattice constant can be switched by choosing xenon or krypton monolayer deposited on graphene, which controls sublattice degree of freedom and valley arrangment of Dirac fermions. Our work establishes a novel path for experimentally simulating the honeycomb model with tunable parameters by high-order moir\'e patterns.

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@article{arxiv.2404.11934,
  title  = {Quantum simulation of honeycomb lattice model by high-order moir\'e pattern},
  author = {Qiang Wan and Chunlong Wu and Xun-Jiang Luo and Shenghao Dai and Cao Peng and Renzhe Li and Shangkun Mo and Keming Zhao and Wen-Xuan Qiu and Hao Zhong and Yiwei Li and Chendong Zhang and Fengcheng Wu and Nan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.11934},
  year   = {2024}
}

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19 pages, 5 figure

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