ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Optical control over correlated topological quantum phases of matter
A central goal in modern condensed matter physics is to understand and manipulate collective phenomena at the intersection of topology and strong many-body interactions. Moire materials composed of layered van der Waals (vdW) crystals are a unique platform for exploring this frontier. These systems support flat topological electronic bands resembling Landau levels but without magnetic fields. This has recently enabled realization of long-sought fractional Chern insulators (FCIs): zero-field analogs of fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states. Unlike the latter, FCIs operate in an unexplored regime where electrons spontaneously break time-reversal symmetry and experience emergent magnetic fields…
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