Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene
A two-dimensional electron system exposed to a strong magnetic field produces a plethora of strongly interacting fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states, the complex topological orders of which are revealed through exotic emergent particles, such as composite fermions, and fractionally charged Abelian...
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| author | Ke Huang Ajit C. Balram Hailong Fu Chengqi Guo Kenji Watanabe Takashi Taniguchi Jainendra K. Jain Jun Zhu |
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| description | A two-dimensional electron system exposed to a strong magnetic field produces a plethora of strongly interacting fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states, the complex topological orders of which are revealed through exotic emergent particles, such as composite fermions, and fractionally charged Abelian and non-Abelian anyons. Much insight has been gained by the study of multicomponent FQH states, where spin and pseudospin indices of the electron contribute additional correlation. Traditional multicomponent FQH states develop in situations where the components share the same orbital states and the resulting interactions are pseudospin independent; this homo-orbital nature is also crucial to their theoretical understanding. Here, we study “hetero-orbital” two-component FQH states, in which the orbital index is part of the pseudospin, rendering the multicomponent interactions strongly SU(2) anisotropic in the pseudospin space. Such states, obtained in bilayer graphene at the isospin transition between N=0 and N=1 electron Landau levels, are markedly different from previous homo-orbital two-component FQH states. In particular, we observe strikingly different behaviors for the parallel-vortex and reverse-vortex attachment composite fermion states, and an anomalously strong two-component 2/5 state over a wide range of magnetic field before it abruptly disappears at a high field. Our findings, combined with detailed theoretical calculations, reveal the surprising robustness of the hetero-orbital FQH effects, significantly enriching our understanding of FQH physics in this novel regime. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a069d2a6a5534ec4aa075274cfd990032025-08-20T02:50:09ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082025-07-0115303102310.1103/kfn2-qggsHetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer GrapheneKe HuangAjit C. BalramHailong FuChengqi GuoKenji WatanabeTakashi TaniguchiJainendra K. JainJun ZhuA two-dimensional electron system exposed to a strong magnetic field produces a plethora of strongly interacting fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states, the complex topological orders of which are revealed through exotic emergent particles, such as composite fermions, and fractionally charged Abelian and non-Abelian anyons. Much insight has been gained by the study of multicomponent FQH states, where spin and pseudospin indices of the electron contribute additional correlation. Traditional multicomponent FQH states develop in situations where the components share the same orbital states and the resulting interactions are pseudospin independent; this homo-orbital nature is also crucial to their theoretical understanding. Here, we study “hetero-orbital” two-component FQH states, in which the orbital index is part of the pseudospin, rendering the multicomponent interactions strongly SU(2) anisotropic in the pseudospin space. Such states, obtained in bilayer graphene at the isospin transition between N=0 and N=1 electron Landau levels, are markedly different from previous homo-orbital two-component FQH states. In particular, we observe strikingly different behaviors for the parallel-vortex and reverse-vortex attachment composite fermion states, and an anomalously strong two-component 2/5 state over a wide range of magnetic field before it abruptly disappears at a high field. Our findings, combined with detailed theoretical calculations, reveal the surprising robustness of the hetero-orbital FQH effects, significantly enriching our understanding of FQH physics in this novel regime.http://doi.org/10.1103/kfn2-qggs |
| spellingShingle | Ke Huang Ajit C. Balram Hailong Fu Chengqi Guo Kenji Watanabe Takashi Taniguchi Jainendra K. Jain Jun Zhu Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene Physical Review X |
| title | Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene |
| title_full | Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene |
| title_fullStr | Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene |
| title_short | Hetero-Orbital Two-Component Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene |
| title_sort | hetero orbital two component fractional quantum hall states in bilayer graphene |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/kfn2-qggs |
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