Events

R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminars

<< Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 >>
Subscribe your calendar or receive email announcements of events
New twists on topology in moiré quantum matter
Date: Thursday, April 18th
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
Add this event to your calendar