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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Stark-tunable O-band single-photon sources based on deterministically fabricated quantum dot--circular Bragg gratings on silicon

Researchers have demonstrated silicon-integrated, electrically controlled circular Bragg grating resonators containing InGaAs quantum dots that provide high-purity, telecom O-band single-photon emission with record-breaking spectral tunability and robust operation at elevated temperatures.

Sarthak Tripathi, Kartik Gaur, Priyabrata Mudi, Peter Ludewig, Alexander Kosarev, Kerstin Volz, Imad Limame, Stephan Reitzenstein2026-04-28🔬 physics.optics

Physics-Informed Deep Image Prior Reconstruction of In-Plane Magnetization from Scanning NV Magnetometry

This paper demonstrates a physics-informed deep image prior (DIP) framework that reconstructs complex in-plane magnetization patterns from scanning NV magnetometry data without requiring pre-trained datasets, showing that using optimally aligned spatial masks significantly improves reconstruction accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio.

Zander Scholl, Justin Woods, Charudatta Phatak, Hanu Arava2026-04-28🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Entanglement (1+2) QED in a double layer of Dirac Materials

This paper investigates how momentum-space entanglement between Dirac quasiparticles in a double-layer honeycomb lattice is mediated by a planar electromagnetic cavity, demonstrating that while perturbative interactions yield low entropy, self-energy dressing can drive a crossover to a high-entropy regime suitable for generating Bell-like states.

Facundo Arreyes, Federico Escudero, Arián Gorza, Sebastián Ardenghi2026-04-28🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Three-dimensional topological ferroelectrics

The paper predicts and demonstrates that the newly identified γ\gamma-phase bismuth monohalides (Bi4Br4\text{Bi}_4\text{Br}_4 and Bi4I4\text{Bi}_4\text{I}_4) are ideal three-dimensional topological ferroelectric insulators that feature switchable polarization and robust spin-resolved topology, offering a promising platform for field-controlled spintronic devices.

Haohao Sheng, Sheng Zhang, Zhong Fang, Hongming Weng, Zhijun Wang2026-04-28🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci