Non-Abelian fractionalization in topological minibands

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Main Authors: Reddy, Aidan P., Paul, Nisarga, Abouelkomsan, Ahmed, Fu, Liang
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Published: 2024
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author Reddy, Aidan P.
Paul, Nisarga
Abouelkomsan, Ahmed
Fu, Liang
author_facet Reddy, Aidan P.
Paul, Nisarga
Abouelkomsan, Ahmed
Fu, Liang
contents Motivated by the recent discovery of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in moiré systems, we consider the possibility of realizing non-Abelian phases in topological minibands. We study a family of moiré systems, skyrmion Chern band models, which can be realized in two-dimensional semiconductor-magnet heterostructures and also capture the essence of twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers. We show using many-body exact diagonalization that, in spite of strong Berry curvature variations in momentum space, the non-Abelian Moore-Read state can be realized at half filling of the second miniband. These results demonstrate the feasibility of non-Abelian fractionalization in moiré systems without Landau levels and shed light on the desirable conditions for their realization. In particular, we highlight the prospect of realizing the Moore-Read state in twisted semiconductor bilayers.
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spellingShingle Non-Abelian fractionalization in topological minibands
Reddy, Aidan P.
Paul, Nisarga
Abouelkomsan, Ahmed
Fu, Liang
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Motivated by the recent discovery of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in moiré systems, we consider the possibility of realizing non-Abelian phases in topological minibands. We study a family of moiré systems, skyrmion Chern band models, which can be realized in two-dimensional semiconductor-magnet heterostructures and also capture the essence of twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers. We show using many-body exact diagonalization that, in spite of strong Berry curvature variations in momentum space, the non-Abelian Moore-Read state can be realized at half filling of the second miniband. These results demonstrate the feasibility of non-Abelian fractionalization in moiré systems without Landau levels and shed light on the desirable conditions for their realization. In particular, we highlight the prospect of realizing the Moore-Read state in twisted semiconductor bilayers.
title Non-Abelian fractionalization in topological minibands
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00059