Even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states with spontaneously broken rotational symmetry
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| author | Wang, Chengyu Gupta, A. Singh, S. K. Tai, C. T. Pfeiffer, L. N. Baldwin, K. W. Winkler, R. Shayegan, M. |
| author_facet | Wang, Chengyu Gupta, A. Singh, S. K. Tai, C. T. Pfeiffer, L. N. Baldwin, K. W. Winkler, R. Shayegan, M. |
| contents | The interplay between the fractional quantum Hall effect and nematicity is intriguing as it links emerging topological order and spontaneous symmetry breaking. Anisotropic fractional quantum Hall states (FQHSs) have indeed been reported in GaAs quantum wells but only in tilted magnetic fields, where the in-plane field explicitly breaks the rotational symmetry. Here we report the observation of FQHSs with highly anisotropic longitudinal resistances in purely perpendicular magnetic fields at even-denominator Landau level (LL) fillings ν = 5/2 and 7/2 in ultrahigh-quality GaAs two-dimensional hole systems. The coexistence of FQHSs and spontaneous symmetry breaking at half fillings signals the emergence of nematic FQHSs which also likely harbor non-Abelian quasiparticle excitations. By gate tuning the hole density, we observe a phase transition from an anisotropic, developing FQHS to an isotropic composite fermion Fermi sea at ν = 7/2. Our calculations suggest that the mixed orbital components in the partially occupied LL play a key role in the competition and interplay between topological and nematic orders. |
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| spellingShingle | Even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states with spontaneously broken rotational symmetry Wang, Chengyu Gupta, A. Singh, S. K. Tai, C. T. Pfeiffer, L. N. Baldwin, K. W. Winkler, R. Shayegan, M. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The interplay between the fractional quantum Hall effect and nematicity is intriguing as it links emerging topological order and spontaneous symmetry breaking. Anisotropic fractional quantum Hall states (FQHSs) have indeed been reported in GaAs quantum wells but only in tilted magnetic fields, where the in-plane field explicitly breaks the rotational symmetry. Here we report the observation of FQHSs with highly anisotropic longitudinal resistances in purely perpendicular magnetic fields at even-denominator Landau level (LL) fillings ν = 5/2 and 7/2 in ultrahigh-quality GaAs two-dimensional hole systems. The coexistence of FQHSs and spontaneous symmetry breaking at half fillings signals the emergence of nematic FQHSs which also likely harbor non-Abelian quasiparticle excitations. By gate tuning the hole density, we observe a phase transition from an anisotropic, developing FQHS to an isotropic composite fermion Fermi sea at ν = 7/2. Our calculations suggest that the mixed orbital components in the partially occupied LL play a key role in the competition and interplay between topological and nematic orders. |
| title | Even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states with spontaneously broken rotational symmetry |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01482 |