Emerging many-body effects in semiconductor artificial graphene with low disorder

Lingjie Du (), Sheng Wang, Diego Scarabelli, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Ken W. West, Saeed Fallahi, Geoff C. Gardner, Michael J. Manfra, Vittorio Pellegrini, Shalom J. Wind and Aron Pinczuk
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Lingjie Du: Columbia University
Sheng Wang: Columbia University
Diego Scarabelli: Columbia University
Loren N. Pfeiffer: Princeton University
Ken W. West: Princeton University
Saeed Fallahi: Purdue University
Geoff C. Gardner: Purdue University
Michael J. Manfra: Purdue University
Vittorio Pellegrini: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs
Shalom J. Wind: Columbia University
Aron Pinczuk: Columbia University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract The interplay between electron–electron interactions and the honeycomb topology is expected to produce exotic quantum phenomena and find applications in advanced devices. Semiconductor-based artificial graphene (AG) is an ideal system for these studies that combines high-mobility electron gases with AG topology. However, to date, low-disorder conditions that reveal the interplay of electron–electron interaction with AG symmetry have not been achieved. Here, we report the creation of low-disorder AG that preserves the near-perfection of the pristine electron layer by fabricating small period triangular antidot lattices on high-quality quantum wells. Resonant inelastic light scattering spectra show collective spin-exciton modes at the M-point's nearly flatband saddle-point singularity in the density of states. The observed Coulomb exchange interaction energies are comparable to the gap of Dirac bands at the M-point, demonstrating interplay between quasiparticle interactions and the AG potential. The saddle-point exciton energies are in the terahertz range, making low-disorder AG suitable for contemporary optoelectronic applications.

Date: 2018
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