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Interlayer fractional quantum Hall effect in a coupled graphene double layer

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Xiaomeng Liu
Zeyu Hao
Kenji Watanabe
Takashi Taniguchi
Bertrand Halperin
Philip Kim

Abstract

When a strong magnetic field is applied to a two-dimensional electron system, interactions between the electrons can cause fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effects1,2. Bringing two two-dimensional conductors close to each other, a new set of correlated states can emerge due to interactions between electrons in the same and opposite layers3,4,5,6. Here we report interlayer-correlated FQH states in a device consisting of two parallel graphene layers separated by a thin insulator. Current flow in one layer generates different quantized Hall signals in the two layers. This result is interpreted using composite fermion (CF) theory7 with different intralayer and interlayer Chern–Simons gauge-field couplings. We observe FQH states corresponding to integer values of CF Landau level (LL) filling in both layers, as well as ‘semiquantized’ states, where a full CF LL couples to a continuously varying partially filled CF LL. We also find a quantized state between two coupled half-filled CF LLs and attribute it to an interlayer CF exciton condensate.

Date Published

Journal

Nature Physics

Volume

15

Issue

9

Number of Pages

893-897

ISSN Number

1745-2473, 1745-2481

URL

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-019-0546-0

DOI

10.1038/s41567-019-0546-0

Group (Lab)

Xiaomeng Liu Group

Funding Source

DMR-1231319
DE-SC0012260
GBMF4543
JPMJCR15F3
DMR-1157490
ECS-00335765

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