Moiré heterostructures: highly tunable platforms for quantum simulation and future computing

Moyu Chen; Fanqiang Chen; Bin Cheng; Shi Jun Liang; Feng Miao

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/010301

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 010301(2023)

Moiré heterostructures: highly tunable platforms for quantum simulation and future computing

Moyu Chen¹, Fanqiang Chen¹, Bin Cheng^2、*, Shi Jun Liang^1、**, and Feng Miao^1、***

¹Institute of Brain-Inspired Intelligence, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

²Institute of Interdisciplinary Physical Sciences, School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

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Received: Dec. 31, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Feb. 22, 2023

The Author Email: Cheng Bin (bincheng@njust.edu.cn), Liang Shi Jun (sjliang@nju.edu.cn), Miao Feng (miao@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/010301

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