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Sarah Alkidim

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Coexisting Charge Density Wave and Superconducting Order in Quantizing Magnetic Fields

Charge density wave (CDW) and superconductivity are both common in strongly interacting electron systems. While CDW order is ubiquitous in both quantum Hall systems and unconventional superconductors, superconductivity is generally suppressed by the strong magnetic fields required for Landau quantization. Here we investigate the intertwined CDW and superconducting phases of rhombohedral hexalayer graphene (R6G) in a large displacement field, which generates tunable flat band edges, and a strong magnetic field, which generates a manifold of nearly degenerate Landau levels. We find a series of integer quantum Hall effects with Hall conductance quantum numbers that deviate from nearby integer filling factors, an observation that can be explained only by CDW order that mixes many Landau levels. We also find a nearby superconducting phase stabilized by perpendicular magnetic fields and persists deep within the quantum Hall regime. This intertwinement provides new insight into superconductivity in R6G at zero magnetic field.

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Bilayer Excitons in the Laughlin Fractional Quantum Hall State

The Laughlin state embodies a universal class of fractional quantum Hall effects arising in two-dimensional electron systems subjected to strong perpendicular magnetic fields. Conventionally described by a single-component wavefunction, the Laughlin state features fractionally charged quasiparticles arising from correlations within one electron species. Here, we explore a novel physical situation by introducing inter-species Coulomb coupling between two intra-species Laughlin states in a quantum Hall graphene bilayer structure. Although quasiparticle excitations typically exhibit charge gaps of tens of Kelvin, we observe that this energy scale is significantly lowered through interlayer excitonic pairing between quasiparticles and quasiholes. Identified via transport measurements, these excitons belong to an unprecedented category of charge-neutral anyons, opening a new avenue for investigating exotic quantum statistics and phases of matter.

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