Critical filaments and superconductivity in quasiperiodic twisted bilayer graphene
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Abstract
Multilayer moiré materials can exhibit topological electronic features yet are inherently quasiperiodic - leading to wave-function interference whose Anderson-localizing tendency can be mitigated by topology. We consider a quasiperiodic variant of the chiral Bistritzer-MacDonald model for twisted bilayer graphene with two incommensurate moiré potentials that serves as a toy model for twisted trilayer. We observe "filaments"linking magic angles with enhanced density of states and fractal wave functions that evade localization; states away from the filaments mimic fractal surface states of dirty topological superconductors. We demonstrate that topological quasiperiodicity can broadly enhance superconductivity without magic-angle fine-tuning.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review B
Recommended Citation
Zhang, X., Wilson, J., & Foster, M. (2025). Critical filaments and superconductivity in quasiperiodic twisted bilayer graphene. Physical Review B, 111 (2) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.024207