Learning quantum states of continuous-variable systems
Trace distance The trace distance between two quantum states ρ1 and ρ2 is defined as $${d}_{{\rm{tr}}}(\;{\rho }_{1},{\rho }_{2}):=\frac{1}{2}\|{\rho…
Electric toroidal invariance generates distinct transverse electromagnetic responses
Hall, E. H. On a new action of the magnet on electric currents. Am. J. Math. 2, 287–292…
A charge transfer mechanism for optically addressable solid-state spin pairs
Gottscholl, A. et al. Initialization and read-out of intrinsic spin defects in a van der Waals crystal at…
Observation of a dynamic transition in bulk supercooled water
Nilsson, A. & Pettersson, L. G. M. The structural origin of anomalous properties of liquid water. Nat. Commun.…
Brownian spin-locking effect | Nature Materials
Anderson, P. W. Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices. Phys. Rev. 109, 1492 (1958). Article CAS Google…
Effective bands and band-like electron transport in amorphous solids
Anderson, P. W. Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices. Phys. Rev. 109, 1492 (1958). Article Google Scholar …
Measurement of optically induced broken time-reversal symmetry in atomically thin crystals
TH Faraday rotation in monolayer WS2 First, we study the non-centrosymmetric WS2 monolayer. The excitation of TMD monolayers…
Photoinduced twist and untwist of moiré superlattices
Cao, Y. et al. Correlated insulator behaviour at half-filling in magic-angle graphene superlattices. Nature 556, 80–84 (2018). Article …
Field-tunable valley coupling in a dodecagonal semiconductor quasicrystal
Shechtman, D., Blech, I., Gratias, D. & Cahn, J. W. Metallic phase with long-range orientational order and no…
The prize at the end of the quantum tunnel
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis “for…
Fractional quantization in insulators from Hall to Chern
Klitzing, K. V., Dorda, G. & Pepper, M. New method for high-accuracy determination of the fine-structure constant based…
Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips
Bright squeezed vacuum The experimental set-up for the generation of single-mode BSV is described in ref. 32. The…