Probing pure spin-rotation quantum geometry in persistent spin textures via nonlinear transport

This paper proposes the spin-rotation quantum geometric tensor as a novel probe to experimentally access the intrinsic geometry of persistent spin textures by demonstrating that it generates a unique, direction-independent nonlinear gyrotropic current, thereby overcoming the limitations of conventional geometric measurements in these systems.

Neelanjan Chakraborti, Akash Dey, Snehasish Nandy + 2 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Interfering trajectories in a ballistic Andreev cavity

This paper presents the first study of ballistic Andreev transport in a two-dimensional HgTe quantum well cavity, demonstrating that two distinct finite-bias conductance peaks arise from different classes of interfering trajectories—one dominated by normal reflection and the other by retro-reflected Andreev processes—which exhibit contrasting responses to magnetic fields due to Aharonov-Bohm and Doppler shift effects.

Pankaj Mandal, Marcel Kaschper, Fernando Dominguez + 9 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Generating Exceptional Knots and Links with Arbitrary Braiding Topology

This paper presents a universal framework for constructing minimal non-Hermitian Hamiltonians that realize arbitrary knotted and linked exceptional loops in 3D momentum space, establishing knot theory as a fundamental classification scheme for non-Hermitian topological phases and demonstrating their stability, tunability, and experimental feasibility in electro-acoustic systems.

Bin Jiang, Aolong Guo, Qilin Cai + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Hanle lineshapes and spin-rotation signatures from in-plane anisotropic spin relaxation in heterogeneous spin devices

This paper presents a theoretical framework based on the Bloch diffusion equation to model spin density and Hanle lineshapes in heterogeneous lateral spin devices, specifically analyzing how in-plane anisotropic spin relaxation induced by proximity effects in graphene influences spin precession signals.

Josef Světlík, Juan F. Sierra, Lorenzo Camosi + 5 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Sub-wavelength mid-infrared imaging of locally driven photocurrents using diamond campanile probes

This paper presents a diamond-based metal-insulator-metal campanile probe that adiabatically compresses mid-infrared light into sub-wavelength volumes, enabling high-efficiency, high-resolution mapping of locally driven photocurrents in graphene and offering a robust platform for exploring low-energy carrier dynamics in atomically thin materials.

Rajasekhar Medapalli, Nathan D. Cottam, Khushboo Agarwal + 12 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Hyperuniform Disorder in Photonic Crystal Slabs with Intrinsic non-Hermiticity

This paper theoretically and numerically investigates light propagation in hyperuniform disordered photonic crystal slabs, revealing that intrinsic radiative loss (non-Hermiticity) fundamentally alters disorder scattering from a power-law dependence to a form dominated by a finite constant plus a modified power-law term, a finding validated through simulations with realistic parameters.

Zeyu Zhang, Koorosh Sadri, Brian Gould + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Model non-Hermitian topological operators without skin effect: A general principle of construction

This paper proposes a general construction principle for non-Hermitian topological operators in any dimension that maintain real eigenvalues and robust zero-energy boundary modes without exhibiting the non-Hermitian skin effect, thereby extending the bulk-boundary correspondence to a broad class of non-Hermitian insulators and semimetals.

Daniel J. Salib, Sanjib Kumar Das, Bitan Roy2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Photonic heat transport through a Josephson junction in a resistive environment

Motivated by recent experiments, this paper derives general expressions for photonic heat transport through a Josephson junction in a dissipative environment, demonstrating that the heat current remains sensitive to Josephson coupling on the insulating side with opposite behaviors for series and parallel configurations, while also predicting heat rectification properties.

A. Levy Yeyati, D. Subero, J. Pekola + 1 more2026-03-04🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall