R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminars |
Events During the Week of April 14th through April 21st, 2024
Monday, April 15th, 2024
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
- New twists on topology in moiré quantum matter
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Matthew Yankowitz, U Washington
- Abstract: Moiré patterns formed by stacking atomically thin van der Waals crystals can give rise to dramatic new physical properties, in select cases generating flat bands that host a variety of intertwined correlated and topological states of matter. I will discuss two distinct moiré platforms that each exhibit their own unique topological properties. The first is twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene, in which we observe the formation of generalized anomalous Hall crystals that either triple or quadruple the area of the moiré unit cell. These states exhibit a fully-developed integer quantum anomalous Hall effect, with a Chern number that can be flipped between +1 and -1 by out-of-plane or in-plane magnetic fields or by an electric displacement field. The second system we study is twisted molybdenum ditelluride (tMoTe 2 ), which was recently found to host the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect. By probing tMoTe2 on the atomic scale using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we are able to detect fingerprints of the layer pseudospin skyrmion lattice responsible for generating the topology of the moiré bands. Our findings showcase the diverse range of novel topological properties that can arise in moiré materials.
- Host: Alex Levchenko
Friday, April 19th, 2024
- No events scheduled