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Quantum metric induced nonlinear thermal noise in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-09-26 v1

Abstract

Electrical current fluctuations provide a powerful and unconventional probe of band geometry in quantum materials. In particular, intrinsic noise components that are independent of the relaxation time reveal universal band-geometric properties of Bloch electrons. Here, we identify a distinct intrinsic contribution to current noise at second order in the electric field, which is governed by the quantum metric. This effect arises from field-induced modifications to Bloch wavefunctions and band energies, and it dominates in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets where Berry curvature based contributions are forbidden by symmetry. Applying our theory to CuMnAs, we demonstrate that thermal noise provides a direct signature of quantum metric in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets.

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@article{arxiv.2509.20647,
  title  = {Quantum metric induced nonlinear thermal noise in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets},
  author = {Dibyanandan Bhowmick and Amit Agarwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20647},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages; 3 figures