Tunable Topological Phases in Multilayer Graphene Coupled to a Chiral Cavity
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| author | Ghorashi, Sayed Ali Akbar Cano, Jennifer Dag, Ceren B. |
| author_facet | Ghorashi, Sayed Ali Akbar Cano, Jennifer Dag, Ceren B. |
| contents | Coupling photonic cavity fields to electronic degrees of freedom in 2D materials introduces an additional control knob to the toolbox of solid-state engineering. Here we demonstrate a subtle competition between cavity frequency and interlayer tunneling in graphene stacks that is responsible for topological phase transitions in light-matter Hilbert space and that cannot be captured by mean-field theory in vacuum. A systematic exploration of multilayer graphene heterostructures and stacking configurations in a chiral tHz cavity reveals that linear dispersion enhances the low-energy cavity-induced topological gap. Furthermore, in bilayer graphene, a displacement field drives the low-energy vacuum band from valley-Chern to Chern insulator, comprising a gate-tunable topological phase transition. Our findings pave the way for future control and engineering of graphene heterostructures with chiral cavity fields. |
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| spellingShingle | Tunable Topological Phases in Multilayer Graphene Coupled to a Chiral Cavity Ghorashi, Sayed Ali Akbar Cano, Jennifer Dag, Ceren B. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Physics Coupling photonic cavity fields to electronic degrees of freedom in 2D materials introduces an additional control knob to the toolbox of solid-state engineering. Here we demonstrate a subtle competition between cavity frequency and interlayer tunneling in graphene stacks that is responsible for topological phase transitions in light-matter Hilbert space and that cannot be captured by mean-field theory in vacuum. A systematic exploration of multilayer graphene heterostructures and stacking configurations in a chiral tHz cavity reveals that linear dispersion enhances the low-energy cavity-induced topological gap. Furthermore, in bilayer graphene, a displacement field drives the low-energy vacuum band from valley-Chern to Chern insulator, comprising a gate-tunable topological phase transition. Our findings pave the way for future control and engineering of graphene heterostructures with chiral cavity fields. |
| title | Tunable Topological Phases in Multilayer Graphene Coupled to a Chiral Cavity |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03842 |