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Hofstadter’s butterfly and the fractal quantum Hall effect in moiré superlattices

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  • C. R. Dean

    (The City College of New York)

  • L. Wang

    (Columbia University)

  • P. Maher

    (Columbia University)

  • C. Forsythe

    (Columbia University)

  • F. Ghahari

    (Columbia University)

  • Y. Gao

    (Columbia University)

  • J. Katoch

    (University of Central Florida)

  • M. Ishigami

    (University of Central Florida)

  • P. Moon

    (Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan)

  • M. Koshino

    (Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan)

  • T. Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan)

  • K. Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan)

  • K. L. Shepard

    (Columbia University)

  • J. Hone

    (Columbia University)

  • P. Kim

    (Columbia University)

Abstract

Moiré superlattices arising in bilayer graphene coupled to hexagonal boron nitride provide a periodic potential modulation on a length scale ideally suited to studying the fractal features of the Hofstadter energy spectrum in large magnetic fields.

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  • C. R. Dean & L. Wang & P. Maher & C. Forsythe & F. Ghahari & Y. Gao & J. Katoch & M. Ishigami & P. Moon & M. Koshino & T. Taniguchi & K. Watanabe & K. L. Shepard & J. Hone & P. Kim, 2013. "Hofstadter’s butterfly and the fractal quantum Hall effect in moiré superlattices," Nature, Nature, vol. 497(7451), pages 598-602, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:497:y:2013:i:7451:d:10.1038_nature12186
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12186
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