Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in Minimally Twisted Bilayer Graphene

C. De Beule, F. Dominguez, and P. Recher
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 096402 – Published 25 August 2020
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Abstract

We investigate transport in the network of valley Hall states that emerges in minimally twisted bilayer graphene under interlayer bias. To this aim, we construct a scattering theory that captures the network physics. In the absence of forward scattering, symmetries constrain the network model to a single parameter that interpolates between one-dimensional chiral zigzag modes and pseudo-Landau levels. Moreover, we show how the coupling of zigzag modes affects magnetotransport. In particular, we find that scattering between parallel zigzag channels gives rise to Aharonov-Bohm oscillations that are robust against temperature, while coupling between zigzag modes propagating in different directions leads to Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations that are smeared out at finite temperature.

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  • Received 12 March 2020
  • Accepted 24 July 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.096402

© 2020 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

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C. De Beule1, F. Dominguez1, and P. Recher1,2

  • 1Institute for Mathematical Physics, TU Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
  • 2Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Vol. 125, Iss. 9 — 28 August 2020

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