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

How to Train Your Resistive Network: Generalized Equilibrium Propagation and Analytical Learning

This paper introduces Generalized Equilibrium Propagation and an analytical framework based on Kirchhoff's laws to enable efficient, local gradient calculation for training analog resistor networks using only output-layer information, thereby overcoming the energy and locality constraints of traditional digital machine learning.

Jonathan Lin, Aman Desai, Frank Barrows, Francesco Caravelli2026-02-17
🔬 mesoscale physics

Probing near-field EM fluctuations in superparamagnetic CoFeB with NV quantum dephasometry

This study utilizes nitrogen-vacancy center-based quantum dephasometry to non-invasively probe and characterize the low-frequency near-field electromagnetic fluctuations and superparamagnetic spin dynamics of a nanoscale CoFeB layer, revealing unconventional temperature-dependent dephasing behavior that provides critical insights for hybrid quantum spintronic applications.

Shoaib Mahmud, Wei Zhang, Pronoy Das, Angshuman Deka, Wenbo Sun, Zubin Jacob2026-02-17
🔬 mesoscale physics

Dynamical metastability and transient topological magnons in interacting driven-dissipative magnetic systems

This paper extends the concept of dynamical metastability from noninteracting to interacting driven-dissipative magnetic systems, demonstrating that magnetic heterostructures and multilayers support robust topological edge modes, nonlinear phenomena like size-dependent spin dipping, and complex behaviors such as multistability and limit cycles within both quantum and classical frameworks.

Vincent P. Flynn, Lorenza Viola, Benedetta Flebus2026-02-17
🔬 mesoscale physics

Magnonic spontaneous oscillation induced by parametric pumping

This paper reports a new mechanism for generating magnetic spontaneous oscillations via parametric pumping in a yttrium iron garnet delay line, where four-wave mixing converts a pump tone into phase-autonomous magnon modes that enable ultrasharp, tunable spin wave dynamics, phase-locking capabilities, and high-gain magnonic amplification.

Yi Li, Carissa Kiehl, Jinho Lim, Cliff Abbott, Pratap K. Pal, Alex J. Szymczak, Juliang Li, Ralu Divan, Clarence L. Chan (…)2026-02-17
🔬 mesoscale physics

Localized-basis formulation of interacting Hamiltonians in flat topological bands: coherent states and coherent-like states for fractional physics

This paper proposes a unified framework for describing fractional quantum Hall systems and fractional Chern insulators by extending the concept of coherent states to Chern bands via "coherent-like states," enabling the construction of a localized-basis Hamiltonian that exhibits topological degeneracy and zero-energy ground states across both systems.

Nobuyuki Okuma2026-02-17
🔬 applied physics

Quantitative models for excess carrier diffusion and recombination in STEM-EBIC experiments on semiconductor nanostructures

This paper presents a quantitative model combining analytical and finite element approaches to analyze excess carrier diffusion and recombination in STEM-EBIC experiments on semiconductor nanostructures, successfully demonstrating its ability to precisely determine the bulk diffusion length of SrTi0.995Nb0.005O3.

Tobias Meyer, Christoph Flathmann, David A. Ehrlich, Patrick Paap-Peretzki, Jonas Lindner, Christian Jooß, Michael Seibt2026-02-17