Terahertz signatures of quantum geometry in dual-gated moiré graphene
ORAL
Abstract
Collective excitations such as plasmons are predicted to encode the quantum geometry of moiré materials. Using on-chip terahertz spectroscopy, we measure gate-tunable plasmon resonances in bilayer graphene/hBN moiré superlattices, which arise due to finite-size, self-cavity effects. A coplanar stripline with a sub-100 nm gap above the sample allows for dual gating and the extraction of the complex cavity conductivity from 50 GHz to 1 THz. The spectra show widely tunable plasmon modes, revealing moiré-induced band hybridization and electron-hole asymmetry. Lorentzian fits indicate contributions to the Drude weight arising from the quantum metric. These results open a path toward a geometric understanding of the electrodynamics of moiré superlattices, to identify how topology and electronic correlations shape low-energy responses.
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Presenters
Yunfei Huang
Columbia University
Authors
Yunfei Huang
Columbia University
Benedikt F Schulte
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Joshua Swann
Columbia University
Gunda Kipp
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Kateryna Kusyak
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Nishchhal Verma
Columbia University
Alexander Potts
Columbia University
Felix Sturm
Columbia University
Toru Matsuyama
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Matthew W Day
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
University of Michigan
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Sivasruthi Kesavan
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Xinyu Li
Max Planck Insitute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Jonathan R Stensberg
Columbia University
Kenji Watanabe
National Institute for Materials Science
Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Takashi Taniguchi
National Institute for Materials Science
Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Guido Meier
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Cory R Dean
Columbia University
Raquel Queiroz
Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Columbia University
Marios H Michael
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
Hope M Bretscher
Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter