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Laser-driven Bidirectional Quasi-monoenergetic Deuterons Enabled by Target Transparency in Boosted Coulomb Explosion

This paper reports the experimental observation of bidirectional quasi-monoenergetic deuterons (20.4 MeV and 23.8 MeV) accelerated via the Boosted Coulomb Explosion mechanism in a relativistically transparent thin aluminum target, thereby validating and expanding the potential applications of this laser-driven ion acceleration scheme.

Tianyun Wei, Zechen Lan, Yanjun Gu, Takehito Hayakawa, Yasunobu Arikawa, Ryuya Yamada, Kohei Yamanoi, Koichi Honda, Kai (…)2026-09-01
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Scattering-Induced Spin Entanglement and Phase-Space Non-Classicality Driven by Coherent State Superpositions

This paper demonstrates that engineering incident particles into coherent-state superpositions significantly enhances and stabilizes spin entanglement during scattering off a localized impurity, with odd superpositions uniquely providing robust, decay-resistant entanglement compared to the parameter-sensitive behavior of even superpositions.

Sepide Soltani, Ali Mahdifar, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi2026-09-01
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Quantized heat flow in moiré chern bands of bilayer graphene

This study demonstrates that the thermal conductance of various topological states in bilayer graphene moiré superlattices is universally quantized in units of the thermal conductance quantum determined solely by the Chern number, establishing thermal transport as a robust probe for identifying moiré topological matter.

Anindya Das, Santanu Samai, Debangan Sarkar, Abhijit Halder, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Subroto Mukerjee, Saurab (…)2026-09-01
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Cold sintering and magnetic properties of high-entropy oxide (Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu)3O4 ceramics

This study demonstrates for the first time that high-entropy (Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu)₃O₄ ceramics processed via cold sintering with various activators at 250–300°C retain their high-entropy structure and exhibit promising magnetic properties, including a saturation magnetization of 20.0 emu/g, making them suitable candidates for functional magnetic devices.

Maksim V. Kornyushin, Anastasia A. Kholodkova, Yurii D. Ivakin, Sergey G. Ponomarev, Arseniy N. Khrustalev, Levko A. Arb (…)2026-09-01
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Hardware-aware quantum error correction using cryogenic FeFET-weighted Max-SAT decoding

This paper presents a hardware-aware quantum error correction framework that utilizes experimentally characterized cryogenic HZO ferroelectric field-effect transistors to translate measured differential read currents into Max-SAT optimization coefficients, demonstrating that device-level physics can effectively define decoding landscapes while maintaining performance through extensive endurance cycles.

Agniva Paul, Apu Das, Ankita Dutta, Debraj Barman, Artur Useinov, Tian-Li Wu, Guilhem Larrieu, Min-Hung Lee, Darsen Lu (…)2026-09-01
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Heat-Input-Controlled δ-Ferrite Morphology and Mechanical Anisotropy in Wire Arc Additively Manufactured ER308L Stainless Steel

This study demonstrates that in wire arc additively manufactured ER308L stainless steel, decreasing linear heat input promotes microstructural refinement and a shift toward lathy δ-ferrite morphology, thereby enhancing interlayer integrity and reducing mechanical anisotropy compared to higher heat input conditions.

Karem E. Tello, Felipe Sandoval, Martin Cisternas-Fernandez, Alejandro Weinstein, Manuel Olivares2026-09-01
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Fabrication-Tolerant Inverse Design of Chirped Apodized Fiber Bragg Gratings: A Transfer-Matrix and Uncertainty-Aware Computational Study

This study presents a fabrication-tolerant inverse-design framework for chirped apodized fiber Bragg gratings that, by optimizing five parameters under uncertainty-aware objectives, significantly improves worst-case in-band reflectivity and reduces spectral ripple compared to conventional designs, all without requiring experimental training data.

Connor Noble2026-09-01