Dirac edges of fractal magnetic minibands in graphene with hexagonal moire superlattices

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作者
Chen, Xi [1 ]
Wallbank, J. R. [1 ]
Patel, A. A. [2 ]
Mucha-Kruczynski, M. [3 ]
McCann, E. [1 ]
Fal'ko, V. I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lancaster, Dept Phys, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England
[2] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Bath, Dept Phys, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
SPECTRUM; FERMIONS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.075401
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We find a systematic reappearance of massive Dirac features at the edges of consecutive minibands formed at magnetic fields B-p/q = p/q phi(0)/S providing rational magnetic flux through a unit cell of the moire superlattice created by a hexagonal substrate for electrons in graphene. The Dirac-type features in the minibands at B = B-p/q determine a hierarchy of gaps in the surrounding fractal spectrum and show that these minibands have topological insulator properties. Using the additional q-fold degeneracy of magnetic minibands at B-p/q, we trace the hierarchy of the gaps to their manifestation in the form of incompressible states upon variation of the carrier density and magnetic field.
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