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Based on empirical evidence, quantum systems appear to be strictly linear and gauge invariant. This work uses concise mathematics to show that quantum eigenvalue equations on a one dimensional ring can either be gauge invariant or have a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-15 Arthur Davidson

We investigate the electronic confinement in bilayer graphene by topological loops of different shapes. These loops are created by lateral gates acting via gap inversion on the two graphene sheets. For large-area loops the spectrum is well…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Nassima Benchtaber , David Sánchez , Llorenç Serra

Analyzing the consequences of the quantum geometry induced by the momentum dependence of Bloch states has emerged as a very rich and active field in condensed matter physics. For instance, for the superfluid stiffness or the pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-24 Denis Sedov , Mathias S. Scheurer

We elaborate that $s$-wave and $d$-wave superconductors described by mean field theories possess a nontrivial quantum geometry. From the overlap of two quasihole states at slightly different momenta, one can define a quantum metric that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-13 David Porlles , Wei Chen

We have analytically investigated the effects of non-linearity on the free energy and thermodynamic geometry of holographic superconductors in $2+1 -$dimensions. The non-linear effect is introduced by considering the coupling of the massive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-11 Debabrata Ghorai , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

Quantum geometry, characterized by the quantum geometric tensor, is pivotal in diverse physical phenomena in quantum materials. In condensed matter systems, quantum geometry refers to the geoemtric properties of Bloch states in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-17 Jiabin Yu , B. Andrei Bernevig , Raquel Queiroz , Enrico Rossi , Päivi Törmä , Bohm-Jung Yang

We have studied the weakly non-linear quantum transport properties of a two-dimensional quantum wire which can be solved exactly. The non-linear transport coefficients have been calculated and interesting physical properties revealed. In…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Jian Wang , Qingrong Zheng , Hong Guo

In the spirit of the thin-layer quantization scheme, we give the effective Hamiltonian describing the noninteracting electrons confined to an annular corrugated surface, and find that the geometrically induced potential is considerably…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-04 Run Cheng , Yong-Long Wang , Hao-Xuan Gao , Hao Zhao , Jia-Qi Wang , Hong-Shi Zong

Recent studies have revealed that the quantum geometry of electronic bands determines the electromagnetic properties of non-interacting insulators and semimetals. However, the role of quantum geometry in the optical responses of interacting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-01 Deven P. Carmichael , Martin Claassen

Irradiation with light provides a powerful tool to interrogate, control or induce new quantum states of matter out of equilibrium, however a microscopic understanding of light-matter coupling in interacting electron systems remains a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-06 Wai Ting Tai , Martin Claassen

In this paper we give a survey of some models of the integer and fractional quantum Hall effect based on noncommutative geometry. We begin by recalling some classical geometry of electrons in solids and the passage to noncommutative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matilde Marcolli , Varghese Mathai

We present results on electron transport in quasi-one dimensional (1D) quantum wires in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures obtained using an asymmetric confinement potential. The variation of the energy levels of the spatially quantized states is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 S. Kumar , M. Pepper , H. Montagu , D. Ritchie , I. Farrer , J. Griffiths , G. Jones

The integration of topology into photonics has generated a new design framework for constructing robust and unidirectional waveguides, which are not feasible with traditional photonic devices. Here, we overcome current barriers to the…

Quantum geometry, which describes the geometry of Bloch wavefunctions in solids, has become a cornerstone of modern quantum condensed matter physics. The quantum geometrical tensor encodes this geometry through two fundamental components:…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-04 Anyuan Gao , Naoto Nagaosa , Ni Ni , Su-Yang Xu

We study the spectral properties of infinite rectangular quantum graphs in the presence of a magnetic field. We study how these properties are affected when three-dimensionality is considered, in particular, the chaological properties. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 N. Goldman , P. Gaspard

Nonlinear sources of quantum light are foundational to nearly all optical quantum technologies and are actively advancing toward real-world deployment. Achieving this goal requires fabrication capabilities to be scaled to industrial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Tim F. Weiss , Akram Youssry , Alberto Peruzzo

Geometric phase, associated with holonomy transformation in quantum state space, is an important quantum-mechanical effect. Besides fundamental interest, this effect has practical applications, among which geometric quantum computation is a…

1-loop quantum corrections are shown to induce large effects on the refraction index n inside a graphene strip in the presence of an external magnetic field B orthogonal to it. To this purpose, we use the tools of Quantum Field Theory to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-09 Olivier Coquand , Bruno Machet

Quantum geometry quantifies how the electron wavefunction evolves distinctly from conventional transport theory. In noncentrosymmetric materials, nonreciprocal transport with quantum geometric origin remains prominent with localized charge…

The propagation of matter waves in curved geometry is relevant for electrons in nano-wires, solid-state physics structures and atomtronics. Curvature effects are usually addressed within the adiabatic limit and treated via an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-06 François Impens , Romain Duboscq , David Guéry-Odelin