Strong electronic interaction and multiple quantum Hall ferromagnetic phases in trilayer graphene

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Abstract

There is an increasing interest in the electronic properties of few layer graphene as it offers a platform to study electronic interactions because the dispersion of bands can be tuned with number and stacking of layers in combination with electric field. Here, we report evidence of strong electronic interactions and quantum Hall ferromagnetism (QHF) seen in a dual gated ABA trilayer graphene sample. Due to high mobility (500,000 cm$^{\mathrm{2}}$V$^{\mathrm{-1}}$s$^{\mathrm{-1}})$ in our device compared to previous studies, we find all symmetry broken states including $\nu =$0 filling factor at relatively low magnetic field (6T). Activation measurements show that Landau Level (LL) gaps are enhanced by interactions. Moreover, we observe hysteresis as a function of filling factor and spikes in the longitudinal resistance which, together, signal the formation of QHF states at low magnetic field.

Authors

  • Biswajit Datta

    Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science (DCMPMS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India

  • Santanu Dey

    Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics ,TIFR, Mumbai, India

  • Abhisek Samanta

    Department of Theoretical Physics, TIFR, Mumbai, India

  • Abhinandan Borah

    DCMPMS, TIFR, Mumbai, India

  • Hitesh Agarwal

    DCMPMS,TIFR, Mumbai, India

  • Kenji Watanabe

    NIMs, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute of Material Science, Japan, NIMs, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

  • Rajdeep Sensarma

    Department of Theoretical Physics, TIFR, Mumbai, India

  • Mandar Deshmukh

    DCMPMS,TIFR, Mumbai, India