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Much of our understanding of gapless quantum matter stems from low-energy descriptions using conformal field theory. This is especially true in 1+1 dimensions, where such theories have an infinite-dimensional parameter space induced by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-25 Bastien Lapierre , Per Moosavi , Blagoje Oblak

We review our recent works on the quantum transport, mainly in topological semimetals and also in topological insulators, organized according to the strength of the magnetic field. At weak magnetic fields, we explain the negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Hai-Peng Sun , Hai-Zhou Lu

Unlike the linear Hall effect that requires broken time-reversal symmetry, the nonlinear Hall effect may occur in time-reversal symmetric systems as long as there exists a non-zero Berry curvature dipole in the absence of inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 Zi-Hao Dong , Hui Yang , Yi Zhang

Thermal transport is less appreciated in probing quantum materials in comparison to electrical transport. This article aims to show the pivotal role that thermal transport may play in understanding quantum materials: the longitudinal…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-13 Mingda Li , Gang Chen

How strong correlations and topology interplay is a topic of great current interest. In this perspective paper, we focus on correlation-driven gapless phases. We take the time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal as an example because it is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-02 Diana M. Kirschbaum , Monika Lužnik , Gwenvredig Le Roy , Silke Paschen

Quantized transport not only exist in gapped topological states but also in metallic states. Recently, Kane proposed a quantized nonlinear conductance in ballistic metals whose value is determined by the Euler characteristic of the Fermi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Fan Yang , Xingyu Li

We explore the thermoelectric transport properties of a coexistence topological semimetal, characterized by the presence of both a pair of Weyl points and a nodal ring in the quantum limit. This system gives rise to complex Landau bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 L. W. Guo , C. M. Wang

Effects manifesting quantum geometry have been a focus of physics research. Here, we reveal that quantum metric plays a crucial role in nonlinear electric spin response, leading to a quantum metric spin-orbit torque. We argue that enhanced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Xukun Feng , Weikang Wu , Hui Wang , Weibo Gao , Lay Kee Ang , Y. X. Zhao , Cong Xiao , Shengyuan A. Yang

We investigate the influence of surface states on the nonlinear Hall response of non-centrosymmetric time-reversal invariant Weyl semimetals. To do so, we perform a tomography of the Berry curvature dipole in a slab system using a minimal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-20 Diego García Ovalle , Armando Pezo , Aurélien Manchon

Injection and shift currents are generally regarded as distinct nonlinear optical responses with separate microscopic origins. Here, we uncover a general hidden connection between them through interband Berry-curvature and quantum-metric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Mohammad Yahyavi , Tay-Rong Chang , Md Shafayat Hossain , Arun Bansil , Naoto Nagaosa , Guoqing Chang

The quantum geometry has significant consequences in determining transport and optical properties in quantum materials. Here, we use a semiclassical formalism coupled with perturbative corrections unifying the nonlinear anomalous Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Daniel Kaplan , Tobias Holder , Binghai Yan

We investigate the nonlinear Hall responses in tunable two-dimensional Dirac materials. In particular, we study quantum geometry-driven second and third order non-linear responses in a time-reversal symmetric Dirac semimetal that can host…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Akash Dey

We argue that the static non-linear Hall conductivity can always be represented as a vector in two-dimensions and as a pseudo-tensor in three-dimensions independent of its microscopic origin. In a single band model with a constant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-05 Snehasish Nandy , Inti Sodemann

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

In non-relativistic physics, the concepts of geometry and topology are usually applied to characterize spatial structures or structures in momentum space. We introduce the concept of temporal geometry, which encompasses the geometric and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Andres F. Ordonez , Aycke Roos , Pablo M. Maier , Piero Decleva , David Ayuso , Olga Smirnova

Valley polarized twisted bilayer dice lattice hosts topologically nontrivial flat bands far from charge neutrality due to broken time reversal symmetry, whereas the ones in the vicinity of it remain topologically trivial. However, when both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Gourab Paul , Srijata Lahiri , Bilal Tanatar , Saurabh Basu

We investigate Riemannian quantum-geometric structures in semiclassical transport features of two-dimensional multigap topological phases. In particular, we study nonlinear Hall-like bulk electric current responses and, accordingly,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Ashwat Jain , Wojciech J. Jankowski , Robert-Jan Slager

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 nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE) connects crystalline symmetry to quantum geometry, offering a probe of band topology beyond linear transport. While most studies have focused on the Berry curvature dipole in low-symmetry crystals,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Heda Zhang , Nikolai Peshcherenko , Ning Mao , Nianlong Zou , Jiaqiang Yan , Claudia Felser , Yang Zhang

Nonlinear transport has emerged as a powerful approach to probe the quantum geometry of electronic wavefunctions, such as Berry curvature and quantum metric, in topological materials. While nonlinear responses governed by bulk quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Deyi Zhuo , Xiaoda Liu , Huu-Thong Le , Annie G. Wang , Han Tay , Bomin Zhang , Ling-Jie Zhou , Binghai Yan , Chao-Xing Liu , Cui-Zu Chang