1. Tunable even- and odd-denominator fractional quantum Hall states in trilayer graphene.
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Chen, Yiwei, Huang, Yan, Li, Qingxin, Tong, Bingbing, Kuang, Guangli, Xi, Chuanying, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Liu, Guangtong, Zhu, Zheng, Lu, Li, Zhang, Fu-Chun, Wu, Ying-Hai, and Wang, Lei
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QUANTUM states ,QUANTUM Hall effect ,QUANTUM phase transitions ,QUASIPARTICLES ,LANDAU levels ,DISPLACEMENT (Mechanics) - Abstract
Fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states are exotic quantum many-body phases whose elementary charged excitations are anyons obeying fractional braiding statistics. While most FQH states are believed to have Abelian anyons, the Moore–Read type states with even denominators – appearing at half filling of a Landau level (LL) – are predicted to possess non-Abelian excitations with appealing potential in topological quantum computation. These states, however, depend sensitively on the orbital contents of the single-particle LL wavefunctions and the LL mixing. Here we report magnetotransport measurements on Bernal-stacked trilayer graphene, whose multiband structure facilitates interlaced LL mixing, which can be controlled by external magnetic and displacement fields. We observe robust FQH states including even-denominator ones at filling factors ν = − 9/2, − 3/2, 3/2 and 9/2. In addition, we fine-tune the LL mixing and crossings to drive quantum phase transitions of these half-filling states and neighbouring odd-denominator ones, exhibiting related emerging and waning behaviour. The fractional quantum Hall effect offers a potential platform to harness non-Abelian anyons. Here, the authors report fractional quantum Hall states in trilayer graphene and drive quantum phase transitions between neighbouring states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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