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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Experimental detection of vortices in magic-angle graphene

This study demonstrates the experimental detection of vortices in magic-angle twisted four-layer graphene by utilizing a gate-tuned Josephson junction to observe characteristic critical current patterns and switching dynamics, thereby enabling the extraction of fundamental superconducting properties such as the London penetration depth.

Marta Perego, Clara Galante Agero, Alexandra Mestre TorÃ, Elías Portolés, Artem O. Denisov, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Filippo Gaggioli, Vadim Geshkenbein, Gianni Blatter, Thomas Ihn, Klaus En (…)2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Near-deterministic photon entanglement from a spin qudit in silicon using third quantisation

This paper proposes a near-term experiment using an antimony donor in a silicon chip to realize Rudolph's third quantization framework, enabling the generation of nearly deterministic multipartite entanglement among 56 random pairs with up to 87.5% efficiency without relying on non-deterministic entangling gates.

Gözde Üstün, Samuel Elman, Jarryd J. Pla, Andrew C. Doherty, Andrea Morello, Simon J. Devitt2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Field Theory of Linear Spin-Waves in Finite Textured Ferromagnets

This paper formulates a manifestly gauge-invariant field theory for linear spin-waves in finite textured ferromagnets, enabling the rigorous derivation of conserved and quantized total angular momentum and its components, while providing a semi-analytic framework for analyzing the low-frequency spectrum of axially saturated magnetic thin disks.

Thierry Valet, Kei Yamamoto, Benjamin Pigeau, Grégoire de Loubens, Olivier Klein2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Quantum Acoustics with Tunable Nonlinearity in the Superstrong Coupling Regime

This work demonstrates a hybrid superconducting-SAW platform operating in the superstrong coupling regime that enables precise, tunable control of Kerr-type nonlinearities and cross-Kerr interactions across multiple mechanical modes, establishing a versatile architecture for quantum sensing and scalable quantum simulation.

Marco Scigliuzzo, Léo Peyruchat, Riccardo Maria Marabini, Carla Becker, Vincent Jouanny, Per Delsing, Pasquale Scarlino2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Defect-induced displacement of topological surface state in quantum magnet MnBi2_2Te4_4

This study demonstrates that high concentrations of intrinsic antisite defects in the topological magnet MnBi2_2Te4_4 displace the topological surface states deep into the crystal bulk, thereby suppressing the surface gap and resolving the long-standing discrepancy between experimental observations and theoretical predictions.

Felix Lüpke, Marek Kolmer, Hengxin Tan, Hao Chang, Adam Kaminski, Binghai Yan, Jiaqiang Yan, Wonhee Ko, An-Ping Li2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Moiré excitons in generalized Wigner crystals

Using first-principles GW-BSE calculations, this study reveals the microscopic structure and correlation-driven real-space characteristics of moiré excitons in generalized Wigner crystals within MoSe2/MoS2 heterostructures, proposing photocurrent tunneling microscopy as a method to probe these strongly correlated excited states.

Jing-Yang You, Chih-En Hsu, Zien Zhu, Benran Zhang, Ziliang Ye, Mit H. Naik, Ting Cao, Hung-Chung Hsueh, Steven G. Louie, Mauro Del Ben, Zhenglu Li2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci