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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

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

Electronic properties of quantum materials solids are often well understood via the low energy dispersion of Bloch bands, motivating single band approximations in many metals and semiconductors. However, a closer look reveals length and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-02 Nishchhal Verma , Philip J. W. Moll , Tobias Holder , Raquel Queiroz

The optical properties of solids are governed not only by their energy band dispersions but also by the quantum geometry of Bloch states. While the role of energy bands in determining the perceived optical appearance of materials, such as…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-29 Chang-geun Oh , Sun-Woo Kim

One of the most celebrated accomplishments of modern physics is the description of fundamental principles of nature in the language of geometry. As the motion of celestial bodies is governed by the geometry of spacetime, the motion of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Tianyu Liu , Xiao-Bin Qiang , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

Quantum geometry quantifies how the single-particle Bloch wavefunction changes in phase and amplitude across the Brillouin Zone. In multi-orbital systems where bands have strongly mixed orbital composition, quantum geometry plays a vital…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-27 Jixun K. Ding , Martin Claassen

Geometric aspects of physics play a crucial role in modern condensed matter physics. The quantum metric is one of these geometric quantities which defines the distance on a parameter space and contributes to various physical phenomena, such…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-09 Takahiro Kashihara , Yoshihiro Michishita , Robert Peters

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,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-20 Paivi Torma

The quantum geometry in the momentum space of semiconductors and insulators, described by the quantum metric of the valence band Bloch state, has been an intriguing issue owing to its connection to various material properties. Because the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-30 Matheus S. M. de Sousa , Antonio L. Cruz , Wei Chen

Quantum geometry, i.e., the quantum theory of intrinsic and extrinsic spatial geometry, is a cornerstone of loop quantum gravity. Recently, there have been many new ideas in this field, and I will review some of them. In particular, after a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Hanno Sahlmann

The application of geometry to physics has provided us with new insightful information about many physical theories such as classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum geometry (quantum gravity). The geometry also plays an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hoshang Heydari

The quantum metric encodes the geometric structure of Bloch wave functions and governs a wide range of physical responses. Its Brillouin-zone integral, the quantum weight, appears in the structure factor and provides lower bounds on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Yi-Chun Hung , Yugo Onishi , Hsin Lin , Liang Fu , Arun Bansil

We show that, quite generally, quantum geometry plays a major role in determining the low-energy physics in strongly correlated lattice models at fractional band fillings. We identify limits in which the Fubini Study metric dictates the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-15 Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Kang Yang , Emil J. Bergholtz

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

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

Berry curvature-related topological phenomena have been a central topic in condensed matter physics. Yet, until recently other quantum geometric quantities such as the metric and connection received only little attention due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Yiyang Jiang , Tobias Holder , Binghai Yan

The past few years have seen a revived interest in quantum geometrical characterizations of band structures due to the rapid development of topological insulators and semi-metals. Although the metric tensor has been connected to many…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-07 Adrien Bouhon , Abigail Timmel , Robert-Jan Slager

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 of Bloch wavefunctions has gained considerable interest with the discovery of moir\'e materials that exhibit bands flattened by quantum interference. The quantum metric, the symmetric part of the quantum geometric tensor,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Nishchhal Verma , Raquel Queiroz

Quantum geometry strongly impacts physical properties in flat-band systems. We consider its role in bosonic condensation and superfluidity on flat bands, and show that the superfluid weight has an important contribution proportional to the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-11 Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen , Matteo Dürrnagel , Valerio Peri , Sebastian D. Huber
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