<p>Recently, fractional quantum anomalous Hall effects have been discovered in two-dimensional moiré materials when a topologically nontrivial band with Chern number <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathcal{C}}}=1\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">C</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> is partially doped. Remarkably, superlattice Bloch bands can carry higher Chern numbers that defy the Landau-level paradigm and may even host exotic fractionalized states with non-Abelian quasiparticles. Inspired by this exciting possibility, we propose twisted rhombohedral trilayer-bilayer graphene at <i>θ</i>&#xa0;~&#xa0;1.2° as a field-tunable quantum anomalous Chern insulator that features spectrally-isolated, kinetically-quenched, and topologically-nontrivial bands with <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathcal{C}}}=2,3\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">C</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>3</mn></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> favorable for fractional phases once fractionally doped, as characterized by their quantum geometry. Based on extensive self-consistent mean-field calculations, we show that these phases are stabilized by Coulomb interactions and are robust against variations in dielectric environment, tight-binding hopping parameters, and lattice relaxation.</p>

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Coulomb interaction-stabilized isolated narrow bands with Chern numbers \({{\mathcal{C}}} > 1\) in twisted rhombohedral trilayer-bilayer graphene

  • Võ Tiến Phong,
  • Cyprian Lewandowski

摘要

Recently, fractional quantum anomalous Hall effects have been discovered in two-dimensional moiré materials when a topologically nontrivial band with Chern number \({{\mathcal{C}}}=1\)C=1 is partially doped. Remarkably, superlattice Bloch bands can carry higher Chern numbers that defy the Landau-level paradigm and may even host exotic fractionalized states with non-Abelian quasiparticles. Inspired by this exciting possibility, we propose twisted rhombohedral trilayer-bilayer graphene at θ ~ 1.2° as a field-tunable quantum anomalous Chern insulator that features spectrally-isolated, kinetically-quenched, and topologically-nontrivial bands with \({{\mathcal{C}}}=2,3\)C=2,3 favorable for fractional phases once fractionally doped, as characterized by their quantum geometry. Based on extensive self-consistent mean-field calculations, we show that these phases are stabilized by Coulomb interactions and are robust against variations in dielectric environment, tight-binding hopping parameters, and lattice relaxation.