Implementation of the bilayer Hubbard model in a moiré heterostructure

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Main Authors: Polovnikov, Borislav, Scherzer, Johannes, Misra, Subhradeep, Schlömer, Henning, Trapp, Julian, Huang, Xin, Mohl, Christian, Li, Zhijie, Göser, Jonas, Förste, Jonathan, Bilgin, Ismail, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Bohrdt, Annabelle, Grusdt, Fabian, Baimuratov, Anvar S., Högele, Alexander
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author Polovnikov, Borislav
Scherzer, Johannes
Misra, Subhradeep
Schlömer, Henning
Trapp, Julian
Huang, Xin
Mohl, Christian
Li, Zhijie
Göser, Jonas
Förste, Jonathan
Bilgin, Ismail
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Baimuratov, Anvar S.
Högele, Alexander
author_facet Polovnikov, Borislav
Scherzer, Johannes
Misra, Subhradeep
Schlömer, Henning
Trapp, Julian
Huang, Xin
Mohl, Christian
Li, Zhijie
Göser, Jonas
Förste, Jonathan
Bilgin, Ismail
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Baimuratov, Anvar S.
Högele, Alexander
contents Moiré materials provide a unique platform for studies of correlated many-body physics of the Fermi-Hubbard model on triangular spin-charge lattices. Bilayer Hubbard models are of particular significance with regard to the physics of Mott insulating states and their relation to unconventional superconductivity, yet their experimental implementation in moiré systems has so far remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate the realization of a staggered bilayer triangular lattice of electrons in an antiparallel MoSe$_{2}$/WS$_{2}$ heterostructure. The bilayer lattice emerges due to strong electron confinement in the moiré potential minima and the near-resonant alignment of conduction band edges in MoSe$_{2}$ and WS$_{2}$. As a result, charge filling proceeds layer-by-layer, with the first and second electron per moiré cell consecutively occupying first the MoSe$_{2}$ and then the WS$_{2}$ layer. We describe the observed charging sequence by an electrostatic model and provide experimental evidence of spin correlations on the vertically offset and laterally staggered bilayer lattice, yielding absolute exciton Landé factors as high as $600$ at lowest temperatures. The bilayer character of the implemented spin-charge lattice allows for electrostatic tunability of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida magnetism, and establishes antiparallel MoSe$_{2}$/WS$_{2}$ heterostructures as a viable platform for studies of bilayer Hubbard model physics with exotic magnetic phases on frustrated lattices.
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spellingShingle Implementation of the bilayer Hubbard model in a moiré heterostructure
Polovnikov, Borislav
Scherzer, Johannes
Misra, Subhradeep
Schlömer, Henning
Trapp, Julian
Huang, Xin
Mohl, Christian
Li, Zhijie
Göser, Jonas
Förste, Jonathan
Bilgin, Ismail
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Baimuratov, Anvar S.
Högele, Alexander
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Moiré materials provide a unique platform for studies of correlated many-body physics of the Fermi-Hubbard model on triangular spin-charge lattices. Bilayer Hubbard models are of particular significance with regard to the physics of Mott insulating states and their relation to unconventional superconductivity, yet their experimental implementation in moiré systems has so far remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate the realization of a staggered bilayer triangular lattice of electrons in an antiparallel MoSe$_{2}$/WS$_{2}$ heterostructure. The bilayer lattice emerges due to strong electron confinement in the moiré potential minima and the near-resonant alignment of conduction band edges in MoSe$_{2}$ and WS$_{2}$. As a result, charge filling proceeds layer-by-layer, with the first and second electron per moiré cell consecutively occupying first the MoSe$_{2}$ and then the WS$_{2}$ layer. We describe the observed charging sequence by an electrostatic model and provide experimental evidence of spin correlations on the vertically offset and laterally staggered bilayer lattice, yielding absolute exciton Landé factors as high as $600$ at lowest temperatures. The bilayer character of the implemented spin-charge lattice allows for electrostatic tunability of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida magnetism, and establishes antiparallel MoSe$_{2}$/WS$_{2}$ heterostructures as a viable platform for studies of bilayer Hubbard model physics with exotic magnetic phases on frustrated lattices.
title Implementation of the bilayer Hubbard model in a moiré heterostructure
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05494