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Weijie Li1, Evgeny Redekop2, Christiano Wang Beach1
1Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
Abstract:
Twisted bilayer MoTe2 (tMoTe2) has emerged as a robust platform for exploring correlated topological phases, yet the evolution of its magnetism and topology with twist angle remains an open question. Here, we systematically map the magnetic phase diagram of tMoTe2 by using local optical spectroscopy and scanning nanoSQUID-on-tip magnetometry. We identify spontaneous ferromagnetism at filling factors ν = -1 and -3 across twist angles from 2.1° to 3.7°, revealing a universal, twist-angle-insensitive ferromagnetic phase. At 2.1°, we further observe robust ferromagnetism at ν = -5, absent at larger twist angles. Temperature-dependent measurements reveal a contrasting twist-angle dependence of the Curie temperatures between ν = -1 and -3, indicating a distinct interplay between the exchange interactions and bandwidth for the two Chern bands. Despite broken time-reversal symmetry, no topological gap is detected at ν = -3. Our results establish a global framework for understanding and controlling magnetic order in tMoTe2.
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