The vector characteristics of light and the vectorial transformations during its transmission
lay a foundation for polarized photodetection of objects, which broadens the applications of …

Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …

Quantum geometric properties of Bloch wave functions in solids, that is, Berry curvature and
the quantum metric, are known to significantly influence the ground-and excited-state …

Light–matter interaction in 2D and topological materials provides a fascinating control knob
for inducing emergent, non-equilibrium properties and achieving new functionalities in the …

Optoelectronic effects differentiating absorption of right and left circularly polarized photons
in thin films of chiral materials are typically prohibitively small for their direct photocurrent …

Geometry, an ancient yet vibrant branch of mathematics, has important and far-reaching
impacts on various disciplines such as art, science, and engineering. Here, we introduce an …

Quantum materials hosting Weyl fermions have opened a new era of research in condensed
matter physics. First proposed in 1929 in the context of particle physics, Weyl fermions have …

The photoexcitation life cycle from incident photon (and creation of photoexcited electron–
hole pair) to ultimate extraction of electrical current is a complex multiphysics process …

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the field of quantum materials, headlined by
the predictions and discoveries of novel Landau-symmetry-broken phases in correlated …

Semimetals are being explored for their unique advantages in low-energy high-speed
photodetection, although they suffer from serious drawbacks such as an intrinsically high …