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Quasiperiodicity enabled quasi-fractal order in 1D narrow-band moiré systems

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Abstract

We demonstrate that quasiperiodicity can modify the ground-state properties of one-dimensional moiré systems compared to their periodic counterparts. We show that although narrow bands enhance the effects of interactions in both commensurate and incommensurate structures, only quasiperiodicity can extend the ordered phase down to an infinitesimal interaction strength. At small interactions, an exotic correlated regime - here dubbed quasi-fractal - can be stabilized. This regime is characterized by charge order at a very large number of wavevectors and cannot be stabilized in the commensurate case, even in the presence of a narrow band. Our findings suggest that quasiperiodicity can be a crucial factor in stabilizing new and interesting types of ordered phases in interacting moiré structures, highlighting multifractal non-interacting phases as particularly promising parent states.

Publication: Miguel Gonçalves, Bruno Amorim, Flavio Riche, Eduardo V. Castro and Pedro Ribeiro, Incommensurability enabled quasi-fractal order in 1D narrow-band moiré systems, Nature Physics (2024)<br>DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02662-2

Presenters

  • Miguel d Gonçalves

    Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Authors

  • Miguel d Gonçalves

    Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eduardo V Castro

    University of Porto-FCUP

  • Bruno Amorim

    Universidade do Minho

  • Pedro Ribeiro

    CeFEMA-LaPMET, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

  • Flavio Riche

    CeFEMA-LaPMET, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal