Explore the fascinating intersection where quantum materials meet the complexity of everyday environments in the Cond-Mat — Mes-Hall section. This field investigates how tiny particles behave when caught between the orderly world of single atoms and the chaotic nature of bulk matter, revealing the hidden rules that govern electricity, magnetism, and heat in novel substances.

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🔬 mesoscale physics

Spin-to-charge-current conversion in altermagnetic candidate RuO2_2 probed by terahertz emission spectroscopy

Using terahertz emission spectroscopy, this study investigates spin-to-charge current conversion in altermagnetic RuO2\text{RuO}_2 thin films, concluding that the observed anisotropic signals are primarily driven by the inverse spin Hall effect rather than the altermagnetic inverse spin-splitter effect.

J. Jechumtál, O. Gueckstock, K. Jasenský, Z. Kašpar, K Olejník, M. Gaerner, G. Reiss, S. Moser, P. Kessler, G. De Luca (…)2026-04-28
🔬 mesoscale physics

Spin-orbit torque switching of Néel order in band-inverted antiferromagnetic bilayer MnBi2_2Te4_4

This paper demonstrates through first-principles calculations that spin-orbit torque can electrically switch the Néel order and layer-resolved Chern marker in antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4\text{MnBi}_2\text{Te}_4 bilayers, offering both dissipationless in-gap control and enhanced current-induced switching via doping.

Rajibul Islam, Shakeel Ahmad, Fei Xue2026-04-28
🔬 atomic physics

Overcoming limitations on gate fidelity in noisy static exchange-coupled surface qubits

This work employs simulations of open quantum systems and the theory of quantum optimal control, specifically the Krotov method, to overcome noise-induced limitations in statically coupled exchange surface qubits, and demonstrates that high-precision operations are achievable through optimized experimental designs that surpass conventional Rabi driving.

Hoang-Anh Le, Saba Taherpour, Denis Janković, Christoph Wolf2026-04-28
🔬 mesoscale physics

Emergent Nodal Spheres and Weyl Fermions via Spin-Texture Coupled to Thin Film Orbital Dirac Semimetals

This paper demonstrates that coupling a thin-film orbital Dirac semimetal to a generic spin-texture can generate a wide range of topological phenomena, including Weyl semimetals with anomalous Hall and chiral magnetic effects, Lifshitz-like transitions, and the emergence of momentum-space nodal spheres under time-dependent driving.

Pritam Chatterjee, Anirudha Menon2026-04-28
🔬 mesoscale physics

Terahertz magneto-nanoscopy of encapsulated monolayer graphene

This study utilizes scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) to investigate the nanoscale terahertz conductivity of encapsulated monolayer graphene, demonstrating that magnetic fields can tune the cyclotron resonance of Dirac fermions near the charge neutrality point.

Richard H. J. Kim, Sunwoong Yang, Taehoon Kim, Samuel J. Haeuser, Joong-Mok Park, Randall K. Chan, Thomas Koschny, Young (…)2026-04-28
🔬 optics

Crystalline metal flakes: Platforms for advanced plasmonics and hybrid 2D material architectures

This review explores how crystalline noble metal flakes serve as superior, low-loss platforms for advanced nanophotonics, enabling breakthroughs in plasmonics, quantum light generation, and hybrid 2D material architectures due to their atomically flat surfaces and high structural quality.

Sergejs Boroviks, Siarhei Zavatski, Thorsten Feichtner, Jer-Shing Huang, Olivier J. F. Martin, Bert Hecht, N. Asger Mort (…)2026-04-28