Coulomb screening and thermodynamic measurements in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene

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Main Authors: Liu, Xiaoxue, Zhang, Naiyuan James, Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Li, J. I. A.
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author Liu, Xiaoxue
Zhang, Naiyuan James
Watanabe, K.
Taniguchi, T.
Li, J. I. A.
author_facet Liu, Xiaoxue
Zhang, Naiyuan James
Watanabe, K.
Taniguchi, T.
Li, J. I. A.
contents The discovery of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) adds a new twist to the family of graphene moiré. The additional graphene layer unlocks a series of intriguing properties in the superconducting phase, such as the violation of Pauli limit and re-entrant superconductivity at large in-plane magnetic field. In this work, we integrate magic-angle tTLG into a double-layer structure to study the superconducting phase. Utilizing proximity screening from the adjacent metallic layer, we examine the stability of the superconducting phase and demonstrate that Coulomb repulsion competes against the mechanism underlying Cooper pairing. Furthermore, we use a combination of transport and thermodynamic measurements to probe the isospin order, which points towards a spin-polarized and valley-unpolarized isospin configuration at half moiré filling, and for the nearby fermi surface. Our findings provide important constraints for theoretical models aiming to understand the nature of superconductivity. A possible scenario is that electron-phonon coupling stabilizes a superconducting phase with a spin-triplet, valley singlet order parameter.
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spellingShingle Coulomb screening and thermodynamic measurements in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene
Liu, Xiaoxue
Zhang, Naiyuan James
Watanabe, K.
Taniguchi, T.
Li, J. I. A.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The discovery of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene (tTLG) adds a new twist to the family of graphene moiré. The additional graphene layer unlocks a series of intriguing properties in the superconducting phase, such as the violation of Pauli limit and re-entrant superconductivity at large in-plane magnetic field. In this work, we integrate magic-angle tTLG into a double-layer structure to study the superconducting phase. Utilizing proximity screening from the adjacent metallic layer, we examine the stability of the superconducting phase and demonstrate that Coulomb repulsion competes against the mechanism underlying Cooper pairing. Furthermore, we use a combination of transport and thermodynamic measurements to probe the isospin order, which points towards a spin-polarized and valley-unpolarized isospin configuration at half moiré filling, and for the nearby fermi surface. Our findings provide important constraints for theoretical models aiming to understand the nature of superconductivity. A possible scenario is that electron-phonon coupling stabilizes a superconducting phase with a spin-triplet, valley singlet order parameter.
title Coulomb screening and thermodynamic measurements in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.03338