• 文献标题:   Topologically Protected Helical States in Minimally Twisted Bilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG S, KIM K, EFIMKIN DK, LOVORN T, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, MACDONALD AH, TUTUC E, LEROY BJ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Arizona
  • 被引频次:   31
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.037702
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In minimally twisted bilayer graphene, a moire pattern consisting of AB and BA stacking regions separated by domain walls forms. These domain walls are predicted to support counterpropogating topologically protected helical (TPH) edge states when the AB and BA regions are gapped. We fabricate designer moire crystals with wavelengths longer than 50 nm and demonstrate the emergence of TPH states on the domain wall network by scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements. We observe a double-line profile of the TPH states on the domain walls, only occurring when the AB and BA regions are gapped. Our results demonstrate a practical and flexible method for TPH state network construction.