Imaging Tunable Luttinger Liquid Systems in van der Waals Heterostructures
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| author | Li, Hongyuan Xiang, Ziyu Wang, Tianle Naik, Mit H. Kim, Woochang Nie, Jiahui Li, Shiyu Ge, Zhehao He, Zehao Ou, Yunbo Banerjee, Rounak Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Tongay, Sefaattin Zettl, Alex Louie, Steven G. Zaletel, Michael P. Crommie, Michael F. Wang, Feng |
| author_facet | Li, Hongyuan Xiang, Ziyu Wang, Tianle Naik, Mit H. Kim, Woochang Nie, Jiahui Li, Shiyu Ge, Zhehao He, Zehao Ou, Yunbo Banerjee, Rounak Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Tongay, Sefaattin Zettl, Alex Louie, Steven G. Zaletel, Michael P. Crommie, Michael F. Wang, Feng |
| contents | One-dimensional (1D) interacting electrons are often described as a Luttinger liquid1-4 having properties that are intrinsically different from Fermi liquids in higher dimensions5,6. 1D electrons in materials systems exhibit exotic quantum phenomena that can be tuned by both intra- and inter-1D-chain electronic interactions, but their experimental characterization can be challenging. Here we demonstrate that layer-stacking domain walls (DWs) in van der Waals heterostructures form a broadly tunable Luttinger liquid system including both isolated and coupled arrays. We have imaged the evolution of DW Luttinger liquids under different interaction regimes tuned by electron density using a novel scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique. Single DWs at low carrier density are highly susceptible to Wigner crystallization consistent with a spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid, while at intermediate densities dimerized Wigner crystals form due to an enhanced magneto-elastic coupling. Periodic arrays of DWs exhibit an interplay between intra- and inter-chain interactions that gives rise to new quantum phases. At low electron densities inter-chain interactions are dominant and induce a 2D electron crystal composed of phased-locked 1D Wigner crystal in a staggered configuration. Increased electron density causes intra-chain fluctuation potentials to dominate, leading to an electronic smectic liquid crystal phase where electrons are ordered with algebraical correlation decay along the chain direction but disordered between chains. Our work shows that layer-stacking DWs in 2D heterostructures offers new opportunities to explore Luttinger liquid physics. |
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| spellingShingle | Imaging Tunable Luttinger Liquid Systems in van der Waals Heterostructures Li, Hongyuan Xiang, Ziyu Wang, Tianle Naik, Mit H. Kim, Woochang Nie, Jiahui Li, Shiyu Ge, Zhehao He, Zehao Ou, Yunbo Banerjee, Rounak Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Tongay, Sefaattin Zettl, Alex Louie, Steven G. Zaletel, Michael P. Crommie, Michael F. Wang, Feng Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science One-dimensional (1D) interacting electrons are often described as a Luttinger liquid1-4 having properties that are intrinsically different from Fermi liquids in higher dimensions5,6. 1D electrons in materials systems exhibit exotic quantum phenomena that can be tuned by both intra- and inter-1D-chain electronic interactions, but their experimental characterization can be challenging. Here we demonstrate that layer-stacking domain walls (DWs) in van der Waals heterostructures form a broadly tunable Luttinger liquid system including both isolated and coupled arrays. We have imaged the evolution of DW Luttinger liquids under different interaction regimes tuned by electron density using a novel scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique. Single DWs at low carrier density are highly susceptible to Wigner crystallization consistent with a spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid, while at intermediate densities dimerized Wigner crystals form due to an enhanced magneto-elastic coupling. Periodic arrays of DWs exhibit an interplay between intra- and inter-chain interactions that gives rise to new quantum phases. At low electron densities inter-chain interactions are dominant and induce a 2D electron crystal composed of phased-locked 1D Wigner crystal in a staggered configuration. Increased electron density causes intra-chain fluctuation potentials to dominate, leading to an electronic smectic liquid crystal phase where electrons are ordered with algebraical correlation decay along the chain direction but disordered between chains. Our work shows that layer-stacking DWs in 2D heterostructures offers new opportunities to explore Luttinger liquid physics. |
| title | Imaging Tunable Luttinger Liquid Systems in van der Waals Heterostructures |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16344 |