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QT10.06.02 2022 MRS Spring Meeting

Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Semiconductor Moiré Structures

When and Where

May 23, 2022
8:30am - 9:00am

QT10-Virtual

Presenter

Co-Author(s)

Jie Shan1

Cornell University1

Abstract

Jie Shan1

Cornell University1
Semiconductor moiré materials provide a highly tunable platform for studies of electron correlation. Correlation-driven phenomena, including the Mott insulator, generalized Wigner crystals and continuous Mott transition, have been demonstrated. In this talk, I will discuss how to introduce band topology by applying an out-plane electric field in AB-stacked MoTe<sub>2</sub>/WSe<sub>2</sub> moiré heterobilayers. A quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect at half band filling (corresponding to one particle per moiré unit cell) is observed. I will discuss the nature of the QAH state based on transport and spectroscopy studies. Our results establish semiconductor moiré materials as a versatile system for exploring the rich phenomenology arising from the combined influence of strong correlation and topology.

Keywords

2D materials | electrical properties

Symposium Organizers

Giulia Pacchioni, Nature Reviews Materials
Dmitri Efetov, Institut de Ciències Fotôiques
Jia Leo Li, Brown University
Matthew Yankowitz, University of Washington

Symposium Support

Platinum
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Bronze
Scienta Omicron, Inc.

Publishing Alliance

MRS publishes with Springer Nature