Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Planar germanium heterostructures hosting hole-spin qubits are among the leading platforms for scalable semiconductor-based quantum computing. Yet, device performance is hindered by significant quantum dot variability, which leads to…
Deep strong light-matter coupling represents an extreme non-perturbative regime of quantum electrodynamics, in which the interaction strength exceeds the bare frequencies of the uncoupled systems. The ground state features strong quantum…
For three-dimensional (3D) magnetic objects with linear size $L$ exceeding a few exchange lengths, the micromagnetic state exhibits pronounced informational sparsity: low-dimensional, high-gradient regions (e.g., domain walls) coexist with…
Quantum decoherence-the loss of quantum coherence due to interactions with an environment-plays a central role in quantum transport, and controlling this ubiquitous yet inevitable phenomenon is essential for practical quantum technologies.…
We report the formation of large-scale steady-state whirlpools in a GaAs-based two-dimensional electron liquid and demonstrate them by straightforward transport measurements. A whirlpool forming inside a circular cavity adjoining a wide…
Negatively charged boron vacancy (VB-) defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising for nanoscale-proximity quantum sensing. To evaluate their performance, it is important to characterize the spin coherence times T2* and T2. In…
We study theoretically the spin-orbit interaction of electrons confined in a tubular semiconductor nanowire, between an inner semiconductor core and an outer metallic extra shell. A band off-offset potential is present at the inner…
Room-temperature single-photon emission (SPE) resulting from a biexciton-exciton cascaded decay is demonstrated for the first time from chemically and photoelectrochemically etched site-controlled In0.14Ga0.86N quantum dots (QDs) embedded…
We theoretically demonstrate that quantum fluctuations inherent to antiferromagnets can generate scalar spin chirality at zero temperature even in coplanar ordered magnets. In a kagome antiferromagnet with coplanar ground-state spin…
Optoelectronic and nonlinear transport experiments probe the quantum geometric tensor of Bloch states, whose real and imaginary components -- the quantum metric and the Berry curvature -- are typically constrained by symmetry. Here, we show…
Exceptional points (EPs), non-Hermitian degeneracies where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, play a central role in the topology of non-Hermitian spectra. Recent advances have enabled the controlled creation and manipulation of…
Recent experiments show that optically generated Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide can neutralize charged impurities, strongly reducing stray electric fields and effectively purifying the crystal. Here, we develop a multichannel theory of…
Quantum geometry encoded in the momentum space structure of electronic wavefunctions, governs charge dynamics through Berry curvature, enabling unconventional transport and optical responses. In topological semimetals, this geometry is…
Piezoionic hydrogels offer a route to mechanically driven bioelectronic interfaces, but their output is limited by rapid, symmetric ion redistribution that dissipates charge gradients. In biological electrocytes, efficient signal generation…
We study the thermodynamic performance of a periodic quantum Otto cycle operating on the single-impurity Anderson model. Using a decomposition of the time-evolution generator based on the principle of minimal dissipation, combined with the…
Flatbands (FB) with compact localized eigenstates (CLS) fall into three main categories, controlled by the algebraic properties of the CLS set: orthogonal, linearly independent, linearly dependent (singular). A CLS parametrization allows us…
In two-dimensional nearly commensurate heterostructures, strain plays a critical role in shaping electronic behavior. While previous studies have focused on random strain introduced during fabrication, achieving controlled structural design…
We obtain a closed form expression for the energy spectrum of $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric superlattice systems with complex potentials of periodic sets of two $\delta$-potentials in the elementary cell. In the presence of periodic…
We develop a general formalism of phonon magnetic moment by including the relaxation process. We then identify the skew-scattering and side-jump contributions to the phonon magnetic moment originating from the non-adiabaticity, both of…
Bismuth, the heaviest of all group V elements with strong spin-orbit coupling, is famously known to exhibit many interesting transport properties, and effects such as Shubnikov-de Haas and de Haas-van Alphen were first revealed in its bulk…