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The interaction between the electromagnetic field inside a cavity and natural or artificial atoms has played a crucial role in developing our understanding of light-matter interaction, and is central to various quantum technologies.…

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Sliding is a ubiquitous phenomenon in moir\'e systems, but its direct influence on moir\'e bands, especially in multi-twist moir\'e systems, has been largely overlooked to date. Here, we theoretically show that sliding provides a unique…

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Strong quantum correlations in matter are responsible for some of the most extraordinary properties of material, from magnetism to high-temperature superconductivity, but their integration in quantum devices requires a strong, coherent…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-07-15 Kevin Roux , Hideki Konishi , Victor Helson , Jean-Philippe Brantut

Bloch electrons in multiorbital systems carry quantum geometric information characteristic of their wavevector-dependent interorbital mixing. The geometric nature impacts electromagnetic responses, and this effect carries over to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-07-11 Weipeng Chen , Wen Huang

A critical result in superconductivity is that flat bands, though dispersionless, can still host nonzero superfluid weight due to quantum geometry. We show that the derivation of the mean field superfluid weight in previous literature is…

Quantum geometry has emerged as a central and ubiquitous concept in quantum sciences, with direct consequences on quantum metrology and many-body quantum physics. In this context, two fundamental geometric quantities are known to play…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Bruno Mera , Anwei Zhang , Nathan Goldman

Understanding the geometric properties of quantum states and their implications in fundamental physical phenomena is at the core of modern physics. The Quantum Geometric Tensor (QGT) is a central physical object in this regard, encoding…

Quantum geometry defines the phase and amplitude distances between quantum states. The phase distance is characterized by the Berry curvature and thus relates to topological phenomena. The significance of the full quantum geometry,…

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Quantum geometry is a key quantity that distinguishes electrons in a crystal from those in the vacuum. Its study continues to provide insights into quantum materials, uncovering new design principles for their discovery. However, unlike the…

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The extension of ab-initio methods like density functional theory (DFT) to quantum dot (QD) geometries has enabled researchers to explore relationships between QD surface termination and electronic structure. However, fully utilizing the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-18 Zeger Hens , Jordi Llusar , Ivan Infante

Quantum geometry is crucial for understanding intricate condensed matter systems, governing transport phenomena and optical responses. However, traditional studies predominantly consider a static crystal lattice, focusing exclusively on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Jiaming Hu , Wenbin Li , Zhichao Guo , Hua Wang , Kai Chang

Confining electromagnetic fields inside an optical cavity can enhance the light-matter coupling between quantum materials embedded inside the cavity and the confined photon fields. When the interaction between the matter and the photon…

Using far field optical lithography, a single quantum dot is positioned within a pillar microcavity with a 50 nm accuracy. The lithography is performed in-situ at 10 K while measuring the quantum dot emission. Deterministic spectral and…

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Engineering the properties of quantum materials via strong light-matter coupling is a compelling research direction with a multiplicity of modern applications. Those range from modifying charge transport in organic molecules, steering…

Two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures can be engineered into artificial superlattices that host flat bands with significant Berry curvature and provide a favorable environment for the emergence of novel electron dynamics. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-06 Vo Tien Phong , E. J. Mele

Quantum geometry - the geometry of electron Bloch wavefunctions - is central to modern condensed matter physics. Due to the quantum nature, quantum geometry has two parts, the real part quantum metric and the imaginary part Berry curvature.…

Strong and ultra-strong light-matter coupling are remarkable phenomena of quantum electrodynamics occurring when the interaction between a matter excitation and the electromagnetic field cannot be described by usual perturbation theory.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-19 Simon Huppert , Angela Vasanelli , Giulia Pegolotti , Yanko Todorov , Carlo Sirtori

The central theme of cavity quantum electrodynamics is the coupling of a single optical mode with a single matter excitation, leading to a doublet of cavity polaritons which govern the optical properties of the coupled structure. Especially…

Recent discoveries in semi-metallic multi-gap systems featuring band singularities have galvanized enormous interest in particular due to the emergence of non-Abelian braiding properties of band nodes. This previously uncharted set of…