Correlated states controlled by a tunable van Hove singularity in moiré WSe2 bilayers
Patrick Knüppel, Jiacheng Zhu, Yiyu Xia, Zhengchao Xia, Zhongdong Han, Yihang Zeng, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jie Shan, Kin Fai Mak
Abstract
Abstract Twisted transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) bilayers have enabled the discovery of superconductivity, ferromagnetism, correlated insulators, and a series of new topological phases of matter. However, the connection between these electronic phases of matter and the underlying band structure singularities has remained largely unexplored. Here, combining magnetic circular dichroism and exciton sensing measurements, we investigate the influence of a van Hove singularity (vHS) on the correlated phases in bilayer WSe 2 with twist angle between 2 and 3 degrees. By tuning the vHS across the Fermi level using electric and magnetic fields, we observe Stoner ferromagnetism below moiré lattice filling one and Chern insulators at filling one. The experimental observations are supported by the continuum model band structure calculations. Our results highlight the prospect of engineering electronic phases of matter in moiré materials by tunable van Hove singularities.