Numerical Study of Quantum Hall Bilayers at Total Filling
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Zhu, Zheng
Fu, Liang
Sheng, D. N.
Date Issued
October 2017
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Zhu, Zheng et al. "Numerical Study of Quantum Hall Bilayers at Total Filling." Physical Review Letters 119, 17 (October 2017): 177601 © 2017 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We study the phase diagram of quantum Hall bilayer systems with total filing ν[subscript T] = 1/2+1/2 of the lowest Landau level as a function of layer distances d. Based on numerical exact diagonalization calculations, we obtain three distinct phases, including an exciton superfluid phase with spontaneous interlayer coherence at small d, a composite Fermi liquid at large d, and an intermediate phase for 1.1< d/l[subscript] B <1.8 (l[subscript B] is the magnetic length). The transition from the exciton superfluid to the intermediate phase is identified by (i) a dramatic change in the Berry curvature of the ground state under twisted boundary conditions on the two layers and (ii) an energy level crossing of the first excited state. The transition from the intermediate phase to the composite Fermi liquid is identified by the vanishing of the exciton superfluid stiffness. Furthermore, from our finite-size study, the energy cost of transferring one electron between the layers shows an even-odd effect and possibly extrapolates to a finite value in the thermodynamic limit, indicating the enhanced intralayer correlation. Our identification of an intermediate phase and its distinctive features shed new light on the theoretical understanding of the quantum Hall bilayer system at total filling ν[subscript T]=1.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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