Superconductivity in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene Stabilized by WSe$_2

Superconductivity has been previously observed in magic-angle twisted stacks of monolayer graphene but conspicuously not in twisted stacks of bilayer graphene, although both systems host topological flat bands and symmetry-broken states. Here, we report the discovery of superconductivity in twisted...

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Main Authors Su, Ruiheng, Kuiri, Manabendra, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Folk, Joshua
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.11.2022
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Physics - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Physics - Superconductivity
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Summary:Superconductivity has been previously observed in magic-angle twisted stacks of monolayer graphene but conspicuously not in twisted stacks of bilayer graphene, although both systems host topological flat bands and symmetry-broken states. Here, we report the discovery of superconductivity in twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG) in proximity to WSe$_2$. Samples with twist angles 1.24$^\circ$ and 1.37$^\circ$ superconduct in small pockets of the gate-tuned phase diagram within the valence and conduction band, respectively. Superconductivity emerges from unpolarized states near van Hove singularities and next to regions with broken isospin symmetry, showing the correlation between a high density of states and the emergence of superconductivity in TDBG while revealing a possible role for isospin fluctuations in the pairing.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2211.16449