Correlated Insulating and Superconducting Phases in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

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Abstract

Bilayer graphene with ~ 1.1 degrees twist mismatch between the layers hosts a low energy flat band in which the Coulomb interaction is large relative to the bandwidth, promoting correlated insulating states at half band filling, and superconducting (SC) phases with dome-like structure neighboring correlated insulating states. Here we show measurements of a dual-graphite-gated twisted bilayer graphene device, which minimizes charge inhomogeneity. We observe new correlated phases, including for the first time a SC pocket near half-filling of the electron-doped band and resistive states at quarter-filling of both bands that emerge in a magnetic field. Changing the layer polarization with vertical electric field reveals an unexpected competition between SC and correlated insulator phases, which we interpret to result from differences in disorder of each graphene layer and underscores the spatial inhomogeneity like twist angle as a significant source of disorder in these devices [1].

[1] Yankowitz, M., Chen, S., Polshyn, H. et al. arXiv:1808.07865, (2018).

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Presenters

  • Shaowen Chen

    • Department of Physics, Columbia University
    • Columbia University
    • Applied Physics and Math Department, Columbia University

Authors

  • Shaowen Chen

    • Department of Physics, Columbia University
    • Columbia University
    • Applied Physics and Math Department, Columbia University

  • Matthew Yankowitz

    • Columbia University
    • Department of Physics, Columbia University
    • Physics Department, Columbia University

  • Hryhoriy Polshyn

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science (Japan)
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science , Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • Advanced Material Lab, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS/Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • Columbia University
    • Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science , Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • Advanced Material Lab, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS/Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • David E Graf

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
    • National High Magnetic Field Lab, Tallahassee, FL
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University
    • National High Magnetic Field Lab
    • NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL, United States
    • Florida State University
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
    • NHMFL-FSU
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Florida State University
    • NHMFL

  • Andrea Young

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  • Cory R Dean

    • Columbia University
    • Department of Physics, Columbia University in the City of New York
    • Department of Physics, Columbia University
    • Physics, Columbia University
    • Physics Department, Columbia University