Artificial gauge fields and topological insulators in Moire superlattices

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Shang, Ce cc
Abbout, Adel
Zang, Xiaoning cc
Schwingenschlögl, Udo cc
Manchon, Aurelien cc
KAUST Department
Computational Physics and Materials Science (CPMS)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Spintronics Theory Group
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2019-12-01
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Abstract
We propose an innovative quantum emulator based on Moire superlattices showing that, by employing periodical modulation on each lattice site, one can create tunable, artificial gauge fields with imprinting Peierls phases on the hopping parameters and realize an analog of novel Haldane-like phase. As an application, we provide a methodology to directly quantify the topological invariant in such a system from a dynamical quench process. This design shows a robustly integrated platform which opens a new door to investigate topological physics.
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The authors acknowledge financial support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
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arXiv
arXiv
1912.00447
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.00447
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Preprints; Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Spintronics Theory Group; Material Science and Engineering Program; Computational Physics and Materials Science (CPMS)