Orbital-Dependent Coulomb Drag in Electron-Hole Bilayer Graphene Heterostructures

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Authors: Zuocheng Zhang, Ruishi Qi, Jingxu Xie, Qize Li, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Michael F. Crommie, Feng Wang
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Abstract

We report Coulomb drag studies in an electron-hole bilayer graphene heterostructure in a magnetic field, where the orbital, spin, and valley degrees of freedom are lifted by the combined effects of exchange interaction, Zeeman energy, and a vertical displacement field. Our device enables the application of a large vertical displacement field across both layers. In addition to the well-established strong Coulomb drag between the Landau levels with an orbital quantum number N=0, we observe a Coulomb drag signal between the N=1 Landau levels under a suitable vertical displacement field. As the vertical displacement field increases further, the Coulomb drag signal between N=1 Landau levels weakens, and a Coulomb drag signal emerges between the N=0 and N=1 Landau levels. These findings suggest the important roles of the orbital index and the vertical displacement field in interlayer Coulomb interaction within the quantum Hall regime of coupled bilayer systems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Graphene research and applications Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical Review Letters
Volume
136
Issue
12
Pages
126303–126303
Publication date
5 January 2026
Language
EN