• 文献标题:   Observation of the quantum valley Hall state in ballistic graphene superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KOMATSU K, MORITA Y, WATANABE E, TSUYA D, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, MORIYAMA S
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2375-2548
  • 通讯作者地址:   NIMS
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1126/sciadv.aaq0194
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In graphene superlattices, bulk topological currents can lead to long-range charge-neutral flow and nonlocal resistance near Dirac points. A ballistic version of these phenomena has never been explored. We report transport properties of ballistic graphene superlattices. This allows us to study and exploit giant nonlocal resistances with a large valley Hall angle without a magnetic field. In a low-temperature regime, a crossover occurs toward a new state of matter, referred to as a quantum valley Hall state (qVHS), which is an analog of the quantum Hall state without a magnetic field. Furthermore, a nonlocal resistance plateau, implying rigidity of the qVHS, emerges as a function of magnetic field, and this plateau collapses, which is considered a manifestation of valley/pseudospin magnetism.