Hofstadter butterfly (energy spectrum)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Quantum Materials subtree

Hofstadter 1976: 2D electron in periodic potential + magnetic field shows fractal energy spectrum vs flux-per-plaquette phi/phi_0 (rational vs irrational); experimentally observed in graphene/hBN moire (Dean 2013, Hunt 2013).

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