Machine learning the microscopic form of nematic order in twisted double-bilayer graphene

João Augusto Sobral (), Stefan Obernauer, Simon Turkel, Abhay N. Pasupathy and Mathias S. Scheurer
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João Augusto Sobral: University of Stuttgart
Stefan Obernauer: University of Innsbruck
Simon Turkel: Columbia University
Abhay N. Pasupathy: Columbia University
Mathias S. Scheurer: University of Stuttgart

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Modern scanning probe techniques, such as scanning tunneling microscopy, provide access to a large amount of data encoding the underlying physics of quantum matter. In this work, we show how convolutional neural networks can be used to learn effective theoretical models from scanning tunneling microscopy data on correlated moiré superlattices. Moiré systems are particularly well suited for this task as their increased lattice constant provides access to intra-unit-cell physics, while their tunability allows for the collection of high-dimensional data sets from a single sample. Using electronic nematic order in twisted double-bilayer graphene as an example, we show that incorporating correlations between the local density of states at different energies allows convolutional neural networks not only to learn the microscopic nematic order parameter, but also to distinguish it from heterostrain. These results demonstrate that neural networks are a powerful method for investigating the microscopic details of correlated phenomena in moiré systems and beyond.

Date: 2023
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