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  • The study explores how vacuum fields within cavity electromagnetic resonators can influence the electronic properties of materials, particularly in high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases.
  • The research shows that vacuum field fluctuations can disrupt the quantum Hall effect, indicating a new mechanism for resistivity in these systems.
  • This experimental approach could potentially apply to various two-dimensional materials, paving the way for controlling electron behaviors through engineered vacuum fields.

Article Abstract

The prospect of controlling the electronic properties of materials via the vacuum fields of cavity electromagnetic resonators is emerging as one of the frontiers of condensed matter physics. We found that the enhancement of vacuum field fluctuations in subwavelength split-ring resonators strongly affects one of the most paradigmatic quantum protectorates, the quantum Hall electron transport in high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases. The observed breakdown of the topological protection of the integer quantum Hall effect is interpreted in terms of a long-range cavity-mediated electron hopping where the anti-resonant terms of the light-matter coupling Hamiltonian develop into a finite resistivity induced by the vacuum fluctuations. Our experimental platform can be used for any two-dimensional material and provides a route to manipulate electron phases in matter by means of vacuum-field engineering.

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