Dimensional reduction from magnetic field in moiré superlattices
arXiv:2311.09323 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.246402
Abstract
Moiré materials provide a highly tunable platform in which novel electronic phenomena can emerge. We study strained moiré materials in a uniform magnetic field and predict highly anisotropic electrical conductivity which switches easy-axis as magnetic field or strain is varied. The dramatic anisotropy reflects one-dimensional localization (dimensional reduction) of the electron wavefunctions along a crystal axis due to quantum interference effects. This can be understood in an effective one-dimensional quasiperiodic Aubry-André-like models, or in a complementary semiclassical picture. This phenomenon should be observable in strained moiré materials at realistic fields and low strain disorder, as well as unstrained systems with anisotropic Fermi surfaces.
arXiv comment6+6 pages, 4 figures
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