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Quantum geometry has been identified as an important ingredient for the physics of quantum materials and especially of flat-band systems, such as moir\'e materials. On the other hand, the coupling between light and matter is of key…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-25 G. E. Topp , C. J. Eckhardt , D. M. Kennes , M. A. Sentef , P. Törmä

The size of Cooper pairs defines a fundamental length scale of superconductivity, conventionally set by band dispersion and the superconducting gap. This picture breaks down in flat bands, where quenched dispersion makes quantum geometry…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-06 Wenqin Chen , Kaijie Yang , Ting Cao , Shi-Zeng Lin , Jiabin Yu , Di Xiao

Quantum geometry plays a pivotal role in the second-order response of $\cal PT$-symmetric antiferromagnets. Here we study the nonlinear response of 2D altermagnets protected by $C_n\cal T$ symmetry and show that their leading nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Yuan Fang , Jennifer Cano , Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi

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

The rotating shallow water equations (RSWE) are a mainstay of atmospheric and oceanic modeling, and their wave dynamics has close analogues in settings ranging from two-dimensional electron gases to active-matter fluids. While recent work…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-16 Sriram Ganeshan , Alan T. Dorsey

Quantum geometry, a quantum mechanical quantity comprised of Berry curvature and quantum metric, describes the geometric structure of the electronic bands in solids. The correlation between nontrivial quantum geometry and quantum materials…

Exactly soluble models can serve as excellent tools to explore conceptual issues in non-perturbative quantum gravity. In perturbative approaches, it is only the two radiative modes of the linearized gravitational field that are quantized.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-04 Abhay Ashtekar

Quantum Graphity is an approach to quantum gravity based on a background independent formulation of condensed matter systems on graphs. We summarize recent results obtained on the notion of emergent geometry from the point of view of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-23 Francesco Caravelli

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…

Standard particle theory is based on quantized matter embedded in a classical geometry. Here, a complementary model is proposed, based on classical matter -- massive bodies, without quantum properties -- embedded in a quantum geometry. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-26 Craig Hogan

In the last decade, the development of new ideas in quantum theory, including geometric and deformation quantization, the non-Abelian Berry factor, super- and BRST symmetries, non-commutativity, has called into play the geometric techniques…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Giachetta , L. Mangiarotti , G. Sardanashvily

The concept of quantum geometry for single-particle states has revolutionized our interpretation of several emergent properties in condensed matter. However, a description of the quantum geometry for interacting particles and an…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-12 MingRui Lai , Fengyuan Xuan , Su Ying Quek

Here, we reveal our recent progress on a geometrical approach of quantum physics and topological crystals linking with Dirac magnetic monopoles and gauge fields through classical electrodynamics. The Bloch sphere of a quantum spin-1/2…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-19 Karyn Le Hur

Wigner crystals are a paradigmatic form of interaction driven electronic order. A key open question is how Berry curvature and, more generally, quantum geometry reshape crystallization. The discovery of two-dimensional materials with…

We demonstrate how Quantum Cognition Machine Learning (QCML) encodes data as quantum geometry. In QCML, features of the data are represented by learned Hermitian matrices, and data points are mapped to states in Hilbert space. The quantum…

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

We decompose the intrinsic second-order nonlinear Hall effect (NLHE) of a generic multiband system into its quantum-geometric contributions within a fully quantum-mechanical, projector-based formalism. By expanding the nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Yannis Ulrich , Johannes Mitscherling , Laura Classen , Andreas P. Schnyder

The quantum metric and Berry curvature capture essential properties of non-trivial Bloch states and underpin many fascinating phenomena. However, it becomes increasingly evident that a more comprehensive understanding of quantum state…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-07 Alexander Avdoshkin , Johannes Mitscherling , Joel E. Moore

Nonlinear transport phenomena offer an exciting probe into the band geometry and symmetry properties of a system. While most studies on nonlinear transport have looked at second-order nonreciprocal responses in noncentrosymmetric systems,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-04 Debottam Mandal , Sanjay Sarkar , Kamal Das , Amit Agarwal

Symmetry is a cornerstone of condensed matter physics, fundamentally shaping the behavior of electronic systems and inducing the emergence of novel phenomena. The Hall effect, a key concept in this field, demonstrates how symmetry breaking,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 Shuo Wang , Wei Niu , Yue-Wen Fang