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A flat band with nearly zero dispersion can be created by twisting the relative orientation of van der Waals materials, leading to a series of strongly correlated states, such as unconventional superconductivity, correlated insulating state, and orbital magnetism. The bandwidth and topological property of electronic band structure in a twisted double bilayer graphene are tunable by an external displacement field. This system can be an excellent quantum simulator to study the interplay between topological phase transition and strong electron correlation. Theoretical calculation shows that the
$ {C}_{2x} $ symmetry in twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG) can be broken by an electric displacement field, leading the lowest conduction and valence band near charge neutrality to obtain a finite Chern number. The topological properties of the band and the symmetry breaking driven by the strong interaction make it possible to realize and regulate the old insulation state at low magnetic fields. Hence Chern insulator may emerge from this topological non-trivial flat band under strong electron interaction. Here, we observe Chern insulator state with Chern number 4 at filling factor$ \nu =1 $ under a small magnetic field on twisted double bilayer graphene with twist angle 1.48°. Moreover, the longitudinal resistance shows a peak under a parallel magnetic field and increases with temperature or field rising, which is similar to the Pomeranchuk effect in 3He. This phenomenon indicates that Chern insulator at$ \nu =1 $ may originate from isospin polarization.[1] Bistritzer R, MacDonald A H 2011 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 12233
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图 1 TDBG器件的电输运测量 (a) 转角为1.48°的TDBG器件光学图; (b) 转角为
$ \theta $ 的TDBG示意图; (c) 转角为$ \theta $ 的迷你布里渊区的示意图; (d)不同电势能作用下(U = 0 meV, U = 20 meV) TDBG的能带图; (e) T = 2 K时, 纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 随载流子浓度n和电位移场D变化Figure 1. Transport measurement of TDBG device: (a) Optical image of TDBG device with a twist angle of 1.48°; (b) TDBG with a twist angle
$ \theta $ ; (c) schematic of mini Brillouin zone with a twist angle$ \theta $ ; (d) energy band of TDBG at different electric potential energy U = 0 meV and U = 20 meV; (e) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ versus carrier concentration n and electric displacement field D at T = 2 K.
图 2 低温T = 2 K, D = 0下的磁输运 (a) D = 0时,
$ {R}_{xx} $ 随填充因子$ \nu =4 n/{n}_{{\rm{s}}} $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 的变化; (b) D = 0时, 横向电阻$ {R}_{xy} $ 随填充因子$ \nu =4 n/{n}_{{\rm{s}}} $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 变化; (c) 从(a), (b)中提取得到的朗道能级序列(蓝色)Figure 2. Magnetotransport of resistance at low temperature of T = 2 K and D = 0: (a) Longitudinal resistance
$ {R}_{xx} $ versus filling factor$ \nu =4 n/{n}_{{\rm{s}}} $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = 0; (b) Hall resistance$ {R}_{xy} $ versus filling factor$ \nu =4 n/{n}_{{\rm{s}}} $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = 0; (c) Landau level (blue) extracted from figure (a) and (b).
图 3 低温(T = 2 K)不同外加电位移场作用下的磁输运性质 (a) D = –0.42 V/nm时, 纵向电阻
$ {R}_{xx} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 的变化; (b) D = –0.42 V/nm时, 横向电阻$ {R}_{xy} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 的变化; (c) 从图3(a), (b)中提取得到的朗道能级序列(蓝色)和陈绝缘态(红色); (d) D = 0.5 V/nm时, 纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 变化; (e) D = 0.5 V/nm时, 横向电阻$ {R}_{xy} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 和垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ 变化; (f)从图3(d), (e)中提取得到的朗道能级序列(蓝色)和陈绝缘态(红色); (g) 当垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ = 8.7 T时, (6, 0)所对应朗道能级的纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 和霍尔电导$ {\sigma }_{xy} $ ; (h) 当垂直磁场$ {B}_{\perp } $ = 8.7 T时, (4, 1)所对应陈绝缘态的纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 和霍尔电导$ {\sigma }_{xy} $ Figure 3. Magnetotransport under different electric displacement field at low temperature T = 2 K: (a) Longitudinal resistance
$ {R}_{xx} $ as a function of filling factor$ \nu $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = –0.42 V/nm; (b) Hall resistance$ {R}_{xy} $ as a function of filling factor$ \nu $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = –0.42 V/nm; (c) Landau level (blue) and Chern insulator (red) extracted from Fig. 3(a), (b); (d) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ as a function of filling factor$ \nu $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = 0.5 V/nm; (e) Hall resistance$ {R}_{xy} $ as a function of filling factor$ \nu $ and vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ at D = 0.5 V/nm; (f) Landau level (blue) and Chern insulator (red) extracted from Fig. 3(d) and Fig. 3(e); (g) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ and Hall conductance$ {\sigma }_{xy} $ of (6, 0) state at vertical magnetic field${B}_{\perp } $ = 8.7 T; (h) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ and Hall conductance$ {\sigma }_{xy} $ of (4, 1) state at vertical magnetic field$ {B}_{\perp } $ = 8.7 T.
图 4 温度和平行磁场诱导的极化 (a) B = 0, D = –0.42 V/nm时, 纵向电阻
$ {R}_{xx} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 和温度T变化; (b)纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 随填充因子$ \nu $ 变化, 取自图4(a)的一系列温度下的截线; (c) D = 0时, 一系列不同温度下纵向电阻随$ {R}_{xx} $ 随载流子浓度n变化; (d) T = 0.2 K时, 纵向电阻$ {R}_{xx} $ 作为填充因子$ \nu $ 和平行磁场${B}_{//}$ 函数Figure 4. Temperature and parallel magnetic field induced polarization: (a) Longitudinal resistance
$ {R}_{xx} $ versus filling factor$ \nu $ and temperature T at B = 0 and D = –0.42 V/nm; (b) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ versus filling factor$ \nu $ extracted from Fig. 4(a) under a series of specific temperature; (c) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ versus carrier concentration n under a series of specific temperature at D = 0; (d) longitudinal resistance$ {R}_{xx} $ as a function of filling factor$ \nu $ and parallel magnetic field${B}_{//}$ at T = 0.2 K. -
[1] Bistritzer R, MacDonald A H 2011 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 12233
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[2] Cao Y, Fatemi V, Demir A, Fang S, Tomarken S L, Luo J Y, Sanchez-Yamagishi J D, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Kaxiras E, Ashoori R C, Jarillo-Herrero P 2018 Nature 556 80
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[3] Cao Y, Fatemi V, Fang S, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Kaxiras E, Jarillo-Herrero P 2018 Nature 556 43
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[4] Dean C R, Wang L, Maher P, Forsythe C, Ghahari F, Gao Y, Katoch J, Ishigami M, Moon P, Koshino M, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Shepard K L, Hone J, Kim P 2013 Nature 497 598
Google Scholar
[5] Ponomarenko L A, Gorbachev R V, Yu G L, Elias D C, Jalil R, Patel A A, Mishchenko A, Mayorov A S, Woods C R, Wallbank J R, Kruczynski M M, Piot B A, Potemski M, Grigorieva I V, Novoselov K S, Guinea F, Fal’ko V I, Geim A K 2013 Nature 497 594
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Google Scholar
[9] Serlin M, Tschirhart C L, Polshyn H, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Balents L, Young A F 2020 Science 367 900
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[10] Zhang Y, Tang T T, Girit C, Hao Z, Martin M C, Zettl A, Crommie M F, Shen Y R, Wang F 2009 Nature 459 820
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[11] Koshino M 2019 Phys. Rev. B 99 235406
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[16] Rickhaus P, De-Vries F K, Zhu J H, Portoles E, Zheng G, Masseroni M, Kurzmann A, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, MacDonald A H, Ihn T, Ensslin K 2021 Science 373 1257
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Liu J P, Dai X 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 147301
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[20] Kim K, Yankowitz M, Fallahazad B, Kang S, Movva H C, Huang S Q, Larentis S, Corbet C M, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Banerjee S K, LeRoy B J, Tutuc E 2016 Nano Lett. 16 1989
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[21] Wang L, Meric I, Huang P Y, Gao Q, Gao Y, Tran H, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Campos L M, Muller D A, Guo J, Kim P, Hone J, Shepard K L, Dean C R 2013 Science 342 614
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[22] Haddadi F, Wu Q S, Kruchkov A J, Yazyev O V 2020 Nano Lett. 20 2410
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[23] Rickhaus P, Zheng G, Lado J L, Lee Y J, Kurzmann A, Eich M, Pisoni R, Tong C Y, Garreis R, Gold C, Masseroni M, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Ihn T, Ensslin K 2019 Nano Lett. 19 8821
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[24] Wannier G H 1978 Phys. Status Solidi B 88 757
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[25] Thouless D J, Kohmoto M, Nightingale M P, Den-Nijs M 1982 Phys. Rev. Lett. 49 405
Google Scholar
[26] Streda P 1982 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 15 L1299
Google Scholar
[27] Wu Q S, Liu J P, Guan Y F, Yazyev O V 2021 Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 056401
Google Scholar
[28] Nuckolls K P, Oh M, Wong D, Lian B, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Bernevig B A, Yazdani A 2020 Nature 588 610
Google Scholar
[29] Saito Y, Ge J Y, Rademaker L, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Abanin D A, Young A F 2021 Nat. Phys. 17 478
Google Scholar
[30] Das I, Lu X B, Arbeitman J H, Song Z D, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Bernevig B A, Efetov D K 2021 Nat. Phys. 17 710
Google Scholar
[31] Bhowmik S, Ghawri B, Leconte N, Appalakondaiah S, Pandey M, Mahapatra P S, Lee D, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Jung J, Ghosh A, Chandni U 2022 Nat. Phys. 18 639
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[34] Khalaf E, Chatterjee S, Bultinck N, Zaletel M P, Vishwanath A 2021 Sci. Adv. 7 5299
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