Xiaobo Lu | Superconductivity, strong correlation and novel band topology in magic angle bilayer graphene

►【International Young Scholar Forum】

Title：Superconductivity, strong correlation and novel band topology in magic angle bilayer graphene

Time: 15:00 pm, October 16th, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Xiaobo Lu, ETH Zurich

Abstract:

When twisted a relatively small orientation angle, bilayer graphene has superlattice minibands that have emerged as a rich and highly tunable source of quantum phases, notably the appearance of superconductivity close to interaction-induced insulating states and novel band topology. In this talk, I will discuss our recent transport study on twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG). We succeeded in observing a large variety of previously unobserved states, including a full sequence of correlated states with novel topological textures, new superconducting domes and orbital magnets in the first magic angle (~1.1°) tBLG. I will also discuss the multiple flat bands and underlying fragile topology we recently observed in tBLG near the second magic angle (~0.5°).

Reference

X. Lu et al, Nature 574, 653 (2019)

P. Stepanov et al, Nature 583, 375 (2020)

X. Lu et al, arXiv:2006.13963 (2020)

I. Das et al, arXiv:2007.13390 (2020)

Brief CV of Dr. Xiaobo Lu :

Dr. Xiaobo Lu received his Ph.D degree in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Guangyu Zhang at Institute of Physics, CAS. Before joining ETH Zurich as a postdoc, he has three-year postdoc experience at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences. His research interests focus on the quantum transport/photonics study of low dimensional quantum materials (graphene, TMD etc.).