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B. Kousar, S. Franca, D. Perconte, Anton Khvalyuk, Wenmin Yang, Hadrien Vignaud, F. Gay, Kenji Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, C. Winkelmann, Yan Zhou, Z. Han, A. Assouline, J. Bardarson, A. Grushin, Hermann Sellier, Benjamin Sac'ep'e
0 15. 12. 2025.

Chiral-helical junctions in screened graphene

Reproducibility and quantization in quantum spin Hall platforms is a persisting challenge, limiting their use in hybrid realizations of topological superconductivity. We report robust and reproducible quantized transport in a graphene quantum Hall topological insulator, stabilized at low magnetic fields by screening long-range Coulomb interactions with a metallic Bi$_2$Se$_3$ back gate. Beyond quantized resistance plateaus, we demonstrate mode-resolved control via gate-defined chiral-helical junctions that selectively transmit or backscatter a single helical channel, a capability inaccessible in time-reversal symmetric quantum spin Hall systems. Targeted experiments and simulations identify contact-induced doping, effectively creating unintended chiral-helical interfaces, as a generic mechanism for quantization breakdown, which is mitigated by large area contacts that enhance edge-channel equilibration. Our findings establish metal screened graphene as a gate-tunable, interaction-driven helical system with quantized transport, spatially separable helical channels, and compatibility with superconducting proximity for topological devices.


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