Optical control of orbital magnetism in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene
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| author | Persky, Eylon He, Minhao Cai, Jiaqi Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Xu, Xiaodong Kapitulnik, Aharon |
| author_facet | Persky, Eylon He, Minhao Cai, Jiaqi Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Xu, Xiaodong Kapitulnik, Aharon |
| contents | Flat bands in graphene-based moiré structures host a wide range of emerging strongly correlated and topological phenomena. Optically probing and controlling them can reveal important information such as symmetry and dynamics, but have so far been challenging due to the small energy gap compared to optical wavelengths. Here, we report near infrared optical control of orbital magnetism and associated anomalous Hall effects (AHE) in a magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) on monolayer WSe$_2$ device. We show that the properties of the AHE, such as hysteresis and amplitude, can be controlled by light near integer moiré fillings, where spontaneous ferromagnetism exists. By modulating the light helicity, we observe periodic modulation of the transverse resistance in a wide range of fillings, indicating light induced orbital magnetization through a large inverse Faraday effect. At the transition between metallic and AHE regimes, we also reveal large and random switching of the Hall resistivity, which are attributed to optical control of percolating cluster of magnetic domains. Our results open the door to optical manipulation of correlation and topology in MATBG and related structures. |
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| spellingShingle | Optical control of orbital magnetism in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene Persky, Eylon He, Minhao Cai, Jiaqi Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Xu, Xiaodong Kapitulnik, Aharon Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Flat bands in graphene-based moiré structures host a wide range of emerging strongly correlated and topological phenomena. Optically probing and controlling them can reveal important information such as symmetry and dynamics, but have so far been challenging due to the small energy gap compared to optical wavelengths. Here, we report near infrared optical control of orbital magnetism and associated anomalous Hall effects (AHE) in a magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) on monolayer WSe$_2$ device. We show that the properties of the AHE, such as hysteresis and amplitude, can be controlled by light near integer moiré fillings, where spontaneous ferromagnetism exists. By modulating the light helicity, we observe periodic modulation of the transverse resistance in a wide range of fillings, indicating light induced orbital magnetization through a large inverse Faraday effect. At the transition between metallic and AHE regimes, we also reveal large and random switching of the Hall resistivity, which are attributed to optical control of percolating cluster of magnetic domains. Our results open the door to optical manipulation of correlation and topology in MATBG and related structures. |
| title | Optical control of orbital magnetism in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21750 |