Abstract
The long-awaited fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) effect recently has been observed in the twisted MoTe₂ homobilayers, causing a great sensation. Here, we theoretically investigate the moir\'e band structures of a closely related system, the alternating twisted multilayer MoTe₂ (ATML-MoTe₂), where the adjacent layers have opposite twist angles. We illustrate that such ATML-MoTe₂ is a very unique moir\'e system, exhibiting multiple topological flat bands highly controllable by the layer number and twist angle, which is not only an ideal platform to simulate Hubbard model, but also may host FQAH states. Specifically, an N-layer ATML-MoTe₂ (N ≥ 3) always possesses N-2 topological flat bands near Fermi energy E_f, which has an odd-even dependent decomposition rule to understand the behaviors of the moir\'e flat bands. We predict three intriguing examples: (1) The AT3L-MoTe₂ (N=3) has one isolated moir\'e flat band, which corresponds to a triangular lattice Hubbard model, resembling the twisted TMD heterobilayers. (2) The AT4L-MoTe₂ (N=4) has two topological flat bands that are very similar to the twisted MoTe₂ homobilayers, implying the possible existence of FQAH states. (3) When N>4, the giant density of states (DOS) induced by the multiple moir\'e flat bands may induce exotic correlated states.