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Strongly coupled magneto-exciton condensates in large-angle twisted double bilayer graphene

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  • Qingxin Li

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yiwei Chen

    (Nanjing University)

  • LingNan Wei

    (Nanjing University)

  • Hong Chen

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yan Huang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yujian Zhu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Wang Zhu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Dongdong An

    (Nanjing University)

  • Junwei Song

    (Nanjing University)

  • Qikang Gan

    (Nanjing University)

  • Qi Zhang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Kenji Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Xiaoyang Shi

    (University at Albany)

  • Kostya S. Novoselov

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Rui Wang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Geliang Yu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Lei Wang

    (Nanjing University)

Abstract

Excitons, pairs of electrons and holes, undergo a Bose-Einstein condensation at low temperatures. An important platform to study excitons is double-layer two-dimensional electron gases, with two parallel planes of electrons and holes separated by a thin insulating layer. Lowering this separation (d) strengthens the exciton binding energy, however, leads to the undesired interlayer tunneling, resulting in annihilation of excitons. Here, we report the observation of a sequences of robust exciton condensates (ECs) in double bilayer graphene twisted to ~ 10° with no insulating mid-layer. The large momentum mismatch between two graphene layers suppresses interlayer tunneling, reaching a d ~ 0.334 nm. Measuring the bulk and edge transport, we find incompressible states corresponding to ECs when both layers are in half-filled N = 0, 1 Landau levels (LLs). Theoretical calculations suggest that the low-energy charged excitation of ECs can be meron-antimeron or particle-hole pair, which relies on both LL index and carrier type. Our results establish a novel platform with extreme coupling strength for studying quantum bosonic phase.

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  • Qingxin Li & Yiwei Chen & LingNan Wei & Hong Chen & Yan Huang & Yujian Zhu & Wang Zhu & Dongdong An & Junwei Song & Qikang Gan & Qi Zhang & Kenji Watanabe & Takashi Taniguchi & Xiaoyang Shi & Kostya S, 2024. "Strongly coupled magneto-exciton condensates in large-angle twisted double bilayer graphene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-49406-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49406-7
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