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| author | Bhowmick, Dibyanandan Agarwal, Amit |
| author_facet | Bhowmick, Dibyanandan Agarwal, Amit |
| contents | Electrical current fluctuations provide a powerful and unconventional probe of band geometry in quantum materials. In particular, intrinsic noise components that are independent of the relaxation time reveal universal band-geometric properties of Bloch electrons. Here, we identify a distinct intrinsic contribution to current noise at second order in the electric field, which is governed by the quantum metric. This effect arises from field-induced modifications to Bloch wavefunctions and band energies, and it dominates in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets where Berry curvature based contributions are forbidden by symmetry. Applying our theory to CuMnAs, we demonstrate that thermal noise provides a direct signature of quantum metric in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum metric induced nonlinear thermal noise in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets Bhowmick, Dibyanandan Agarwal, Amit Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Electrical current fluctuations provide a powerful and unconventional probe of band geometry in quantum materials. In particular, intrinsic noise components that are independent of the relaxation time reveal universal band-geometric properties of Bloch electrons. Here, we identify a distinct intrinsic contribution to current noise at second order in the electric field, which is governed by the quantum metric. This effect arises from field-induced modifications to Bloch wavefunctions and band energies, and it dominates in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets where Berry curvature based contributions are forbidden by symmetry. Applying our theory to CuMnAs, we demonstrate that thermal noise provides a direct signature of quantum metric in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets. |
| title | Quantum metric induced nonlinear thermal noise in PT-symmetric antiferromagnets |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20647 |