期刊
CARBON
卷 174, 期 -, 页码 260-265出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.12.037
关键词
Twisted bilayer graphene; Higher-order topological insulator; Instanton tunneling; Conductance oscillation
资金
- KAIST startup
- National Research Foundation [NRF-2017R1A2B4008097]
- BK21 plus program, KAIST
- NRF Grants [NRF-2019R1F1A1055205]
- IBS [IBSR024-D1]
- NRF Basic Research Lab Program [2020R1A4A3079707]
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) [KSC-2019-CRE-0164]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2020R1A4A3079707] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Higher-order topological insulator with topological corner states can be identified in twisted bilayer graphene systems through quantum oscillations. The tunneling of electrons between topological corner states leads to gate-tunable oscillations in the energy spectra, with oscillatory nodes indicating perfect suppression of tunneling and highlighting the topological nature of the corner states. A transport experiment is proposed for experimental realization of the oscillations, providing a feasible route to identify higher-order topological materials in twisted bilayer graphenes.
Higher-order topological insulator is a newly discovered topological material, characterized by the topological corner states. In this work, we propose quantum oscillation that identifies the two-dimensional higher-order topological phase in twisted bilayer graphene systems. We use an instanton approach to argue that the tunneling of electrons between the topological corner states of the higher-order topological insulator generally causes the gate-tunable oscillation in the energy spectra. The oscillatory nodes signal the perfect suppression of the tunneling, which features the topological nature of the corner states. In the view of experimental realization, we propose the transport experiment that can readily observe the oscillation. Our work provides a feasible route to identify higher-order topological materials in twisted bilayer graphenes. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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