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Filming the Quantum-to-Macroscopic Transition: Capturing Quantum Wavepacket Dynamics in a Laser Plasma

The paper introduces Coherence Lifetime Imaging, a novel single-shot technique capable of recording 2D movies of ultrafast quantum coherence dynamics at 0.2 THz frame rates, which was successfully used to visualize rotational wavepacket evolution in laser-induced plasma and reveal transient shockwave gradients with enhanced chemical reactivity.

Vassily Kornienko, Yupan Bao, Simon Ek, Ali Hosseinia, Meena Raveesh, Christopher Kliewer, Edouard Berrocal, Per-Erik Be (…)2026-07-16
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Orientation-controlled area-selective deposition of near-single-grain ruthenium interconnects

This paper presents an orientation-controlled area-selective deposition strategy that utilizes preferential growth on a crystalline template and periodic ozone exposure to eliminate unwanted nuclei, enabling the fabrication of near-single-grain ruthenium interconnects with significantly reduced resistance and electrical variability in nanoscale vias.

Kyung-Eun Byun, Eun-Hyoung Cho, Dongmin Kim, Iaan Cho, Yu Jin Han, Taewon Jeong, Jung Yeon Won, Young Min Lee, Kyeongmin (…)2026-07-16
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The Spin Wavelength Electromagnetic Nonlocality (SWEN) Theory: A Spin-Geometry Framework for Orbital and Field Structures

The Spin Wavelength Electromagnetic Nonlocality (SWEN) theory proposes a unified geometric framework where rotational parameters, particularly spin period and synchronous orbital scale, fundamentally organize physical structures and gravitational phenomena across scales ranging from planetary systems to galactic centers and microscopic domains, potentially linking rotational dynamics with electromagnetic field configurations without explicit reliance on mass or the gravitational constant.

Seongwon Choi2026-07-16
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A comprehensive anisotropic phase-field fracture formulation with a novel positive/negative projection scheme

This paper presents a thermodynamically consistent, monolithically solved phase-field framework for anisotropic brittle fracture that utilizes a novel positive/negative projection scheme to accurately model orientation-dependent crack propagation under complex loading conditions, validated through extensive numerical benchmarks and implemented via Abaqus user subroutines.

Shank Kulkarni, Mohammad Safi, Timothy Truster, Khalid A. Alshibli2026-07-16
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Topological Order and Non-Hermitian Skin Effect in Generalized Ideal Chern Bands

This paper generalizes ideal Chern bands to the non-Hermitian realm using a Kapit-Mueller lattice model, revealing that while the generalized ideal condition stabilizes incompressible fractional quantum Hall liquids on both torus and cylinder manifolds, it induces a non-Hermitian skin effect and distinct ground state behaviors—specifically skin-Laughlin states on the cylinder versus a competition between topological order and negative collective modes on the torus.

Jiong-Hao Wang, Christopher Ekman, Hui Liu, Raul Perea-Causin, Emil Bergholtz2026-07-16
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Programmable photonic implementation of nested Walsh parity filters in an eight-mode single-photon register

This paper experimentally demonstrates the implementation of programmable linear-optical Walsh filters on Quandela's Belenos photonic processor, successfully routing DC and face-parity components of an eight-mode single-photon register with high selectivity and quantifying the calibration-induced leakage floors that limit their performance.

Emma Tully, Jonathan Washburn, Megan Simons2026-07-16