Quantum anomalous, spin, and valley Hall effects in pentalayer rhombohedral graphene moiré superlattices
Recent experiments on pentalayer rhombohedral graphene moir\'e superlattices have observed the quantum anomalous Hall effect at a moir\'e filling factor of $\ensuremath{\nu}=1$ and various fractional values. These phenomena are attributed to a flat Chern band induced by electron-electron interactions. In this study, we demonstrate that at $\ensuremath{\nu}=2$, many-body effects can lead to the emergence of quantum spin Hall and quantum valley Hall states, in addition to the quantum anomalous Hall state, even in the absence of spin-orbit coupling or valley-dependent potentials. These three topological states can be selectively induced by the application and manipulation of a magnetic field. Furthermore, we show that at $\ensuremath{\nu}=3$ and 4, the ground state can be a combination of topologically trivial and nontrivial states, unlike the cases of $\ensuremath{\nu}=1$ and 2. This contrasts with the conventional quantum Hall effect in graphene where the ground state at filling factor $\ensuremath{\nu}$ is given as the particle-hole counterpart at $4\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\nu}$.
Authors
- Ryota Nakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7978-2495)
- Kentaro Nomura
- Koji Kudo
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Computing Center (RU)
- RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.245135
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Graphene research and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.47
Funders
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University