Melting of electronic/excitonic crystals in 2D semiconductor moiré patterns: A perspective from the Lindemann criterion

Using the Lindemann criterion, we analyzed the quantum and thermal melting of electronic/excitonic crystals recently discovered in two-dimensional(2D) semiconductor moiré patterns. We show that the finite 2D screening of the atomically thin material can suppress(enhance) the inter-site Coulomb(dipolar) interaction strength, thus inhibits(facilitates) the formation of the electronic(excitonic) crystal. Meanwhile, a strong enough moiré confinement is found to be essential for realizing the crystal...     

Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Frustrated Spin Chain under External Field

In this paper a stochastic series expansion quantum Monte Carlo algorithm is used to study a frustrated spin chain with diagonal next-nearest-neighbor interactions. The detailed balance conditions are carefully analyzed to improve the efficiency of simulation process. As an application of this algothrim, the total magnetization, the static structure factor and spin-stiffness are calculated for a certain set of system parameters as a function of external field strength.     

二维半导体莫尔超晶格中随位置与动量变化的层间耦合

近些年来引起广泛关注的二维半导体莫尔超晶格系统中存在着莫尔激子、强关联电子态和面外铁电性等新奇物理现象,电子的层间耦合对于理解这些现象至关重要.本文研究了二维半导体双层莫尔超晶格中的层间耦合随位置和动量的变化.外势场导致的局域布洛赫波包的层间耦合与波包宽度以及中心位置处的层间平移有着密切关系.同时,层间耦合随动量的变化使得基态S型波包和激发态P^±型波包有着截然不同的随中心位置变化的层间耦合形式:在两个S型波包的层间耦合消失的位置,S和P⁺型(或S和P^-型)波包之间的层间耦合达到最强.利用该性质,可以通过外加光电场来调控特定谷的基态波包的层间输运.此外,双层系统中发现的面外铁电性可以归结为不同层导带和价带间的耦合导致的电子在两层中的再分配现象.将本文得到的层间耦合形式与单层紧束缚模型相结合,可计算出垂直平面的电偶极密度,其随层间平移的变化形式和数量级与实验观测相符.