Terahertz signatures of quantum geometry in dual-gated moiré graphene

Oral-In-person

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.

Presenters

  • Yunfei Huang

    • Columbia University

Authors

  • Yunfei Huang

    • Columbia University
  • Benedikt Schulte

  • 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

  • Toru Matsuyama

  • Matthew Day

  • Sivasruthi Kesavan

  • Xinyu Li

  • Jonathan Stensberg

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science
  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science
  • Guido Meier

  • Cory Dean

    • Columbia University
  • Raquel Queiroz

    • Columbia University
  • Marios Michael

    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
  • Hope Bretscher

    • Max Planck Institute for the Structure & Dynamics of Matter
  • James McIver

    • Columbia University