Quantum anomalous Hall octet driven by orbital magnetism in bilayer graphene

Fabian R. Geisenhof, Felix Winterer, Anna M. Seiler, Jakob Lenz, Tianyi Xu, Fan Zhang () and R. Thomas Weitz ()
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Fabian R. Geisenhof: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Felix Winterer: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Anna M. Seiler: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jakob Lenz: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Tianyi Xu: University of Texas at Dallas
Fan Zhang: University of Texas at Dallas
R. Thomas Weitz: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Nature, 2021, vol. 598, issue 7879, 53-58

Abstract: Abstract The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect—a macroscopic manifestation of chiral band topology at zero magnetic field—has been experimentally realized only by the magnetic doping of topological insulators1–3 and the delicate design of moiré heterostructures4–8. However, the seemingly simple bilayer graphene without magnetic doping or moiré engineering has long been predicted to host competing ordered states with QAH effects9–11. Here we explore states in bilayer graphene with a conductance of 2 e2 h−1 (where e is the electronic charge and h is Planck’s constant) that not only survive down to anomalously small magnetic fields and up to temperatures of five kelvin but also exhibit magnetic hysteresis. Together, the experimental signatures provide compelling evidence for orbital-magnetism-driven QAH behaviour that is tunable via electric and magnetic fields as well as carrier sign. The observed octet of QAH phases is distinct from previous observations owing to its peculiar ferrimagnetic and ferrielectric order that is characterized by quantized anomalous charge, spin, valley and spin–valley Hall behaviour9.

Date: 2021
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