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Xiao-Wei Zhang1, Kaijie Yang1, Xiaodong Xu1,2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195, United States.
Abstract:
Switching the bulk Chern number in topological materials is of central importance for the design of topological electronic devices. Motivated by recent observations of integer and fractional quantum anomalous Hall effects in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides, we realize the switching of valley Chern number through sliding and gating in alternately twisted tetralayer (ATT) MoTe2. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we show that the Chern number of the first K-valley moiré band evolves from +1 to -1 under the interlayer sliding. Furthermore, an applied electric field can switch the valley Chern number from -1 to +1. Based on the developed continuum model, we reveal that these switching behaviors are caused by the sliding- and gate-dependent intralayer moiré potential distributions across the layers. Our results establish ATT MoTe2 as a promising platform for engineering moiré band topologies through the design of moiré potentials with sliding in multilayer moiré systems.
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