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The quantum geometric tensor, which has the quantum metric and Berry curvature as its real and imaginary parts, plays a key role in the transport properties of condensed matter systems. In the nonlinear regime, the quantum metric dipole and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-02 Xu Yang , Brian Skinner

We develop a semiclassical theory for electron wavepacket dynamics in the presence of an inhomogeneous AC electric field. While static electric-field gradients are known to generate charge transport governed by the quantum metric, we show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 M. Maneesh Kumar , Sanjay Sarkar , Amit Agarwal

The nonlinear Hall effect, which is the second-order harmonic charge Hall effect from the Berry curvature dipole in momentum space, has received much attention recently. As the responses to higher harmonics of the driving ac electric field…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-14 Zhi-Fan Zhang , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Gang Su

Two-dimensional materials are a fertile ground for exploring quantum geometric phenomena, with Berry curvature and its first moment, the Berry curvature dipole, playing a central role in their electronic response. These geometric properties…

Influences of topological defect and dislocation on conductivity behavior of charge carries in external electromagnetic fields are studied. Particularly the quantum Hall effect is investigated in detail. It is found that the nontrivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Kai Ma , Jian-Hua Wang , Huan-Xiong Yang , Hua-Wei Fan

The quantum geometry, comprising Berry curvature and quantum metric, plays a fundamental role in governing electron transport phenomena in solids. Recent studies show that the quantum metric dipole drives scattering-free nonlinear Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Tong-Yang Zhao , An-Qi Wang , Zhen-Tao Zhang , Zheng-Yang Cao , Xing-Yu Liu , Zhi-Min Liao

This review presents recent breakthroughs in the realm of nonlinear Hall effects, emphasizing central theoretical foundations and recent experimental progress. We elucidate the quantum origin of the second-order Hall response, focusing on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Arka Bandyopadhyay , Nesta Benno Joseph , Awadhesh Narayan

The nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE), an emergent response in systems with broken inversion symmetry, provides a powerful tool for probing topological transport properties. In this context, we investigate copper-substituted lead apatite…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-16 Bishnu Karki , Kai Chen , Pavan Hosur

The Berry curvature and quantum metric are the imaginary part and real part, respectively, of the quantum geometric tensor which characterizes the topology of quantum states. The former is known to generate a zoo of important discoveries…

Electrons moving in a Bloch band are known to acquire an anomalous Hall velocity proportional to the Berry curvature of the band which is responsible for the intrinsic linear Hall effect in materials with broken time-reversal symmetry.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-17 O. Matsyshyn , I. Sodemann

The observation of a Hall effect, a finite transverse voltage induced by a longitudinal current, usually requires the breaking of time-reversal symmetry, for example through the application of an external magnetic field or the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-15 Patrick W. Krantz , Alexander Tyner , Pallab Goswami , Venkat Chandrasekhar

Exploring the topological characteristics of electronic bands is essential in condensed matter physics. Moir\'e materials featuring flat bands provide a versatile platform for engineering band topology and correlation effects. In moir\'e…

Berry curvature dipole plays an important role in various nonlinear quantum phenomena. However, the maximum symmetry allowed for nonzero Berry curvature dipole in the transport plane is a single mirror line, which strongly limits its…

Hot spot of Berry curvature is usually found at Bloch band anti-crossings, where the Hall effect due to the Berry phase can be most pronounced. With small gaps there, the adiabatic limit for the existing formulations of Hall current can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-20 Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu , Ci Li , Hongyi Yu , Wang Yao

Exploring new Hall effect is always a fascinating research topic. The ordinary Hall effect and the quantum Hall effect, initially discovered in two-dimensional (2D) non-magnetic systems, are the phenomena that a transverse current is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-27 Chaoxi Cui , Run-Wu Zhang , Yilin Han , Zhi-Ming Yu , Yugui Yao

Quantum geometry, encoded in the Berry curvature and quantum metric, has unified diverse anomalous transport phenomena in solids, yet a microscopic quantum-geometric theory of entropy transport for Bloch electrons is still lacking. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-03 Longjun Xiang , Jinxiong Jia , Jian Wang

The band geometric properties of quantum materials play an elemental role in the linear and nonlinear transport of electrons. In this paper, we propose that the interplay of the Berry curvature, the orbital magnetic moment and the Lorentz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Shibalik Lahiri , Tanmay Bhore , Kamal Das , Amit Agarwal

We propose a modified Boltzmann nonlinear electric-transport framework which differs from the nonlinear generalization of the linear Boltzmann formalism by a contribution that has no counterpart in linear response. This contribution follows…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-06 Cong Xiao , Z. Z. Du , Qian Niu

The object of the present work is to study the quantum Hall effect through its symmetries and topological aspects. We consider the model of an electron moving in a two-dimensional lattice in the presence of applied in-plain electric field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kunold , M. Torres

We propose that a nonlinear Hall response can be observed in Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms in optical lattices under the condition of preserved time-reversal symmetry. In the short-time limit of Bloch oscillations driven by a direct…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-08-26 Xiao-Long Chen , Wei Zheng