Continuously tunable anomalous Hall crystals in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene
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| author | Xiang, Hanxiao Ding, Jing Hua, Jiannan Liu, Naitian Zhou, Wenqiang Chen, Qianmei Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Xin, Na Zhu, Wei Xu, Shuigang |
| author_facet | Xiang, Hanxiao Ding, Jing Hua, Jiannan Liu, Naitian Zhou, Wenqiang Chen, Qianmei Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Xin, Na Zhu, Wei Xu, Shuigang |
| contents | The interplay of electronic interactions and nontrivial topology can give rise to a wealth of exotic quantum states. A notable example is the formation of Wigner crystals driven by strong electron-electron interactions. When these electronic crystals emerge in a parent band carrying a large Berry curvature, they can exhibit topologically nontrivial properties as anomalous Hall crystals, spontaneously breaking both continuous translational symmetry and time-reversal symmetry. Here, we report the experimental observation of tunable anomalous Hall crystals in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene moiré superlattices. At filling factors near one electron per moiré unit cell (v=1), we identify a series of incommensurate Chern insulators with a Chern number of C=1. Furthermore, we observe spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking spanning the entire filling range from v=1 to v=2, manifesting as anomalous Hall effects with pronounced magnetic hysteresis. Notably, anomalous Hall crystals with a high Chern number C=3 are observed over generic fillings ranging from v=1.5 to v=2. These anomalous Hall crystals are incommensurate with the moiré superlattice and exhibit dispersive fan diagrams consistent with the Streda formula, with their positions continuously tunable through displacement fields. Remarkably, these partially filled Chern insulators display Chern numbers distinct from their parent bands. Our findings demonstrate the rich variety of electronic crystalline states in rhombohedral graphene moiré superlattices, offering valuable insights into the strongly correlated topological phases. |
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| spellingShingle | Continuously tunable anomalous Hall crystals in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene Xiang, Hanxiao Ding, Jing Hua, Jiannan Liu, Naitian Zhou, Wenqiang Chen, Qianmei Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Xin, Na Zhu, Wei Xu, Shuigang Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons The interplay of electronic interactions and nontrivial topology can give rise to a wealth of exotic quantum states. A notable example is the formation of Wigner crystals driven by strong electron-electron interactions. When these electronic crystals emerge in a parent band carrying a large Berry curvature, they can exhibit topologically nontrivial properties as anomalous Hall crystals, spontaneously breaking both continuous translational symmetry and time-reversal symmetry. Here, we report the experimental observation of tunable anomalous Hall crystals in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene moiré superlattices. At filling factors near one electron per moiré unit cell (v=1), we identify a series of incommensurate Chern insulators with a Chern number of C=1. Furthermore, we observe spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking spanning the entire filling range from v=1 to v=2, manifesting as anomalous Hall effects with pronounced magnetic hysteresis. Notably, anomalous Hall crystals with a high Chern number C=3 are observed over generic fillings ranging from v=1.5 to v=2. These anomalous Hall crystals are incommensurate with the moiré superlattice and exhibit dispersive fan diagrams consistent with the Streda formula, with their positions continuously tunable through displacement fields. Remarkably, these partially filled Chern insulators display Chern numbers distinct from their parent bands. Our findings demonstrate the rich variety of electronic crystalline states in rhombohedral graphene moiré superlattices, offering valuable insights into the strongly correlated topological phases. |
| title | Continuously tunable anomalous Hall crystals in rhombohedral heptalayer graphene |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18031 |