Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We discuss the quantum geometric contribution to the diffusion constant and the DC conductivity in metals and semimetals with linear Dirac dispersion. We demonstrate that, for systems with perfectly linear dispersion, there exists a clear…
The coherence and fidelity of quantum dot (QD) spin qubits are fundamentally limited by charge noise arising from electrically active trap states at oxide interfaces, heterostructure boundaries, and within the bulk semiconductor. These…
Gate geometry and bias asymmetry can be used to engineer spin dynamics in gate-defined Ge hole quantum dots by reshaping the confinement potential and driving transitions between distinct confinement regimes. In this work, we show that…
Semiconductor quantum dots are a promising platform for generating single and entangled photons.Still, their use is limited even in the most advanced structures by changes in the charge state of the quantum dot and its environment. Here, we…
A point-like defect in a uniform current-carrying conductor induces a dipole in the electrochemical potential, which counteracts the original transport field. If the mean free path of the carriers is much smaller than the size of the…
Extending moir\'{e} graphene beyond twisted bilayers, helical trilayer graphene has shown topological bands and correlated states with reshaped moir\'{e} periodicity. Here we develop a theoretical framework for helical multilayer graphene…
We study charge transport through a trivial-topological-trivial junction described by the continuous Qi-Wu-Zhang model, which realizes a two-dimensional Chern-insulating phase. The central region is tuned into the topological regime, while…
Activation processes govern noise-induced switching between long-lived states. In an equilibrium double well, the thermally activated switching rate exhibits a prefactor with a nonmonotonic dependence on environmental coupling, a…
We propose a cavity-based scheme that uses photonic chirality to control braiding and read out non-Abelian anyons in a fractional quantum Hall platform. Counter-propagating cavity modes interfere with a classical reference tone to create a…
In many chemical reactions, short-lived radical intermediates play a crucial role, while detecting such short-lived species in-situ remains challenging. The optically readable electronic spin of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond is a…
Two-dimensional halide perovskites host strongly bound excitons whose fine structure controls polarization selection rules and radiative recombination, yet several spectral features in (PEA)$_2$PbI$_4$ remain controversially assigned. Here,…
Magnetic domain walls have long been pursued as carriers of classical information for storage and processing. With the ability to create, control, and probe domain walls at the nanoscale, they are recently recognized as an ideal platform…
Electron transport in graphene under a laser-modulated barrier is studied in the presence of an energy gap, a scalar potential, and a uniaxial zigzag strain. The transfer-matrix approach is used with the boundary conditions to derive the…
We investigate the formation of polycrystalline structures in a class of particle systems. The atomistic energy is modeled as a sum of particle energies that favor atoms being locally isometric to a reference lattice. The discrete frame…
Heating of semiconductor devices limits their performance and lifetime, which must be addressed by thermal management starting at the heat source. It is a common assumption that the heat source and the resulting heat spot locally coincide,…
We study the linear optical conductivity of the Nb$_{2n+1}$Si$_n$Te$_{4n+2}$ family of layered van der Waals materials, which has recently gained considerable attention owing to its dimensionality-tunable electronic structure with a…
Atomic-scale heterostructures of van der Waals (vdW) magnets and semiconductors provide a unique environment for exploring magnetic dynamics. In contrast to typical photothermal excitation of precessional magnetization dynamics by a pump…
We develop a theoretical framework for Landau levels in quasi-periodic twisted bilayer graphene at a $30^\circ$ twist angle, a system without translational symmetry but possessing 12-fold rotational symmetry. Using a quasi-band formalism,…
Hybrid superconductor-topological insulator (TI) nanostructures constitute a promising materials platform for exploring proximity-induced superconductivity in systems with topologically protected surface states. A key obstacle has been the…
We theoretically demonstrate a practical method for tuning randomly disordered 2D quantum-dot grids underlying spin qubit platforms using vision-based neural networks trained on tensor-network generated charge-stability data. We show that a…