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The extended Bloch representation of quantum mechanics was recently derived to offer a (hidden-measurement) solution to the measurement problem. In this article we use it to investigate the geometry of superposition and entangled states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-02 Diederik Aerts , Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

The band structure of a crystal may have points where two or more bands are degenerate in energy and where the geometry of the Bloch state manifold is singular, with consequences for material and transport properties. Ultracold atoms in…

Topological properties lie at the heart of many fascinating phenomena in solid state systems such as quantum Hall systems or Chern insulators. The topology can be captured by the distribution of Berry curvature, which describes the geometry…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-05-31 N. Fläschner , B. S. Rem , M. Tarnowski , D. Vogel , D. -S. Lühmann , K. Sengstock , C. Weitenberg

An arbitrarily dense discretisation of the Bloch sphere of complex Hilbert states is constructed, where points correspond to bit strings of fixed finite length. Number-theoretic properties of trigonometric functions (not part of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-06 T. N. Palmer

Recent experimental evidence for the quantum spin Hall (QSH) state in monolayer WTe$_2$ has bridged two of the most active fields of condensed matter physics, 2D materials and topological physics. This 2D topological crystal also displays…

We explore the conceptual usefulness of Riemannian geometric tools induced by the statistical concept of distinguishability in quantifying the effect of a depolarizing channel on quantum states. Specifically, we compare the geometries of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-01 Carlo Cafaro , Stefano Mancini

Peculiarities of multiqubit measurement are for the most part similar to peculiarities of measurement for qudit -- quantum object with finite-dimensional Hilbert space. Three different interpretations of measurement concept are analysed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Constantin Usenko

The importance of the quantum metric in flat-band systems has been noticed recently in many contexts such as the superfluid stiffness, the dc electrical conductivity, and ideal Chern insulators. Both the quantum metric of degenerate and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-10 Bruno Mera , Johannes Mitscherling

We discuss the concept of polarization states of four-dimensional quantum systems based on frequency non-degenerate biphoton field. Several quantum tomography protocols were developed and implemented for measurement of an arbitrary state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Yu. I. Bogdanov , E. V. Moreva , G. A. Maslennikov , R. F. Galeev , S. S. Straupe , S. P. Kulik

Berry curvature is an imaginary component of the quantum geometric tensor (QGT) and is well studied in many branches of modern physics; however, the quantum metric as a real component of the QGT is less explored. Here, by using tunable…

Quantum geometry may enable the development of quantum phases ranging from superconductivity to correlated topological states. One powerful probe of quantum geometry is the nonlinear Hall response which detects Berry curvature dipole in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 Yuan Fang , Shouvik Sur , Yonglong Xie , Qimiao Si

Bloch wave functions of electrons have properties called quantum geometry, which has recently attracted much attention as the origin of intriguing physical phenomena. In this paper, we introduce the notion of the quantum-geometric pair…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-12 Akito Daido , Taisei Kitamura , Youichi Yanase

Quantum geometry, describing the geometric properties of the Bloch wave function in momentum space, has recently been recognized as a fundamental concept in condensed matter physics. The flat-band system offers the paradigmatic platform…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-03 Taisei Kitamura , Akito Daido , Youichi Yanase

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…

The properties of the geometric phases between three quantum states are investigated in a high-dimensional Hilbert space using the Majorana representation of symmetric quantum states. We found that the geometric phases between the three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-18 Shuhei Tamate , Kazuhisa Ogawa , Masao Kitano

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…

The standard quantum mechanical electronic state calculations for molecules and solids uses the Schroedinger representation where the momentum conjugate to the coordinate $q_r$ is given by $-hbar {partial over {partial q_r}}$. This…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-07 Hiroyasu Koizumi

We explore how the quantum geometric properties of the Bloch wave function, characterized by the Hilbert-Schmidt quantum distance, impact magnetic phases in solid-state systems. To this end, we investigate the spin susceptibility within the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-18 Chang-geun Oh , Taisei Kitamura , Akito Daido , Jun-Won Rhim , Youichi Yanase

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 Shi-Ping Ding , Miao Liang , Tian-Le Wu , Meng-Hao Wu , Jing-Tao Lü , Jin-Hua Gao , X. C. Xie

Quantum geometry governs a wide range of transport and optical phenomena in quantum materials. Recent works have explored analogue electromagnetism and gravity in terms of the quantum geometric tensor, whose real and imaginary parts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Luca Maranzana , Koki Shinada , Ying-Ming Xie , Sergey Artyukhin , Naoto Nagaosa