Quantum Hall, fractional quantum Hall and quantum spin Hall Effects

Bilayer graphene: a two-dimensional electron gas with multiple electronic degrees of freedom

Valley isospin polarization of Jain composite fermion fractional quantum Hall states

Valley-controlled fractional quantum Hall effect in bilayer graphene

The phase diagram of the nu=0 state in bilayer graphene in a magnetic field

The generation and detection of gapless spin waves in a canted quantum antiferromagnet

Our current favorite two-dimensional electron gas is Bernal stacked bilayer graphene, where the coexisting spin, valley and layer degrees of freedom offer a fertile playground to explore the many-body phenomena of quantum Hall ferromagnetism and fractional quantum Hall effect in a magnetic field. Within the same material but under different conditions, bilayer graphene exhibits symmetry-broken integer quantum Hall effect, canted antiferromagnetism, quantum spin Hall effect and even-denominator fractional quantum Hall effect, all of which can be controlled via external experimental knobs such as an electric field and a tilted magnetic field, in high-quality devices. We use low-temperature transport and sometimes very high magnetic field available at the Magnet Lab in Tallahassee to access the fascinating physics that emerges from the intricate interplay of competing interactions in bilayer graphene. Ongoing research aims to probe the excitatons of the quantum Hall and fractional quantum Hall edge states. 

Publications:

H. Fu, K. Huang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, "Charge Oscillations in Bilayer Graphene Quantum Confinement Devices", Nano Lett. (2023) Doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02253.

H. Fu, K. Huang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Kayyalha, J. Zhu, "Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in Bilayer Graphene Quantum Hall Edge State Fabry-Pérot Interferometers", Nano Lett. 23, 718-725 (2023).

K. Huang, H. Fu, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Nasim Alem, Xi Lin, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, "Valley Isospin Controlled Fractional Quantum Hall States in Bilayer Graphene",  Physical Review X 12, 031019 (2022).

See Jun's talk at the 24th International Conference on Hight Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics 2022  on "Valley Isospin Controlled Even-Denominator Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Bilayer Graphene".

H. Fu, K. Huang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, "Gapless Spin Wave Transport through a Quantum Canted-Antiferromagnet", Physical Review X 11, 021012 (2021).

See Jun's lecture at the Princeton Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics 2021 (virtual) on magnons.  

Y. Chuang, J. Li, H. Fu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, "Landau levels of bilayer graphene in a WSe2/bilayer graphene van der Waals heterostructure", Phys. Rev. B 100, 195402 (2019)

J. Li, H. Fu, Z. Yin, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, “Metallic phase and temperature dependence of the nu=0 quantum Hall state in bilayer graphene", Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 097701 (2019)

J. Li, H. Wen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, “Gate-controlled transmission of quantum Hall edge states in bilayer graphene”, Physical Review Letters, 120, 057701 (2018)

J. Li, Y. Tupikov, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Zhu, “Effective Landau level diagram of bilayer graphene”, Physical Review Letters, 120, 047701 (2018)