• 文献标题:   Solids of quantum Hall skyrmions in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU H, POLSHYN H, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, YOUNG AF
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1745-2473 EI 1745-2481
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Santa Barbara
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41567-019-0729-8
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Partially filled Landau levels host competing electronic orders. For example, electron solids may prevail close to integer filling of the Landau levels before giving way to fractional quantum Hall liquids at higher carrier density(1,2). Here, we report the observation of an electron solid with non-collinear spin texture in monolayer graphene, consistent with solidification of skyrmions(3)-topological spin textures characterized by quantized electrical charge(4,5). We probe the spin texture of the solids using a modified Corbino geometry that allows ferromagnetic magnons to be launched and detected(6,7). We find that magnon transport is highly efficient when one Landau level is filled (nu=1\documentclass[12pt], consistent with quantum Hall ferromagnetic spin polarization. However, even minimal doping immediately quenches the magnon signal while leaving the vanishing low-temperature charge conductivity unchanged. Our results can be understood by the formation of a solid of charged skyrmions near nu=1\documentclass[12pt], whose non-collinear spin texture leads to rapid magnon decay. Data near fractional fillings show evidence of several fractional skyrmion solids, suggesting that graphene hosts a highly tunable landscape of coupled spin and charge orders. The authors use spin waves to demonstrate that charged quantum Hall skyrmions exist away from integer filling. They also see evidence of several fractional skyrmion states.