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LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00838-0
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- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (AoE) [AoE/P-502/20]
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF) [17309021]
- City University of Hong Kong [9610434]
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (PDFS) [PDFS2122-1S04]
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By considering continuous lattice dislocation, we discovered a class of superflat bands that can achieve continuously tunable superflat bands and corresponding localized states in general twisted bilayer systems.
Twisted bilayer systems with discrete magic angles, such as twisted bilayer graphene featuring moire superlattices, provide a versatile platform for exploring novel physical properties. Here, we discover a class of superflat bands in general twisted bilayer systems beyond the low-energy physics of magic-angle twisted counterparts. By considering continuous lattice dislocation, we obtain intrinsic localized states, which are spectrally isolated at lowest and highest energies and spatially centered around the AA stacked region, governed by the macroscopic effective energy potential well. Such localized states exhibit negligible inter-cell coupling and support the formation of superflat bands in a wide and continuous parameter space, which can be mimicked using a twisted bilayer nanophotonic system. Our finding suggests that general twisted bilayer systems can realize continuously tunable superflat bands and the corresponding localized states for various photonic, phononic, and mechanical waves.
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