Remote gate control of topological transitions in moiré superlattices via cavity vacuum fields.

Lin, Zuzhang; Xiao, Chengxin; Nguyen, Danh-Phuong; Arwas, Geva; Ciuti, Cristiano; Yao, Wang · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Placed in cavity resonators with three-dimensionally confined electromagnetic wave, the interaction between quasiparticles in solids can be induced by exchanging virtual cavity photons, which can have a nonlocal characteristic. Here, we investigate the possibility of utilizing this nonlocality to realize the remote control of the topological transition in mesoscopic moiré superlattices at full filling (one electron/hole per supercell) embedded in a split-ring terahertz electromagnetic resonator. We show that gate tuning one moiré superlattice can remotely drive a topological band inversion in another moiré superlattice not in contact but embedded in the same cavity. Our study of remote on/off switching of a topological transition provides a paradigm for the control of material properties via cavity vacuum fields.