Harnessing hidden quantum metric response in a 2D magnet via nonlocal photovoltaic effect
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| author | Tan, Yong Hu, Qian Xiao, Rui-Chun Zhou, Hang Huang, Yuqing Bekele, Zelalem Abebe Deng, Yongcheng Qian, Xuan Gan, Qikang Wang, Lei Ji, Yang Shao, Ding-Fu Zhao, Lixia Wang, Kaiyou |
| author_facet | Tan, Yong Hu, Qian Xiao, Rui-Chun Zhou, Hang Huang, Yuqing Bekele, Zelalem Abebe Deng, Yongcheng Qian, Xuan Gan, Qikang Wang, Lei Ji, Yang Shao, Ding-Fu Zhao, Lixia Wang, Kaiyou |
| contents | The quantum geometry of Bloch wavefunctions underpins a wealth of emergent phenomena in quantum materials. Its imaginary part, the Berry curvature, has long been recognized as a key source for hallmark effects such as quantum Hall and topological phenomena, etc. The real part of quantum geometry, the quantum metric, has recently garnered considerable attention due to predictions of a range of unconventional nonlinear and nonequilibrium responses. Such responses usually vanish in centrosymmetric systems, largely restricting relevant studies to non-centrosymmetric materials. Here we challenge this convention by revealing that the vanished quantum metric response can survive in a hidden form. Using a non-local photovoltaic scheme in a layered magnetic semiconductor, we spatially separate mutually compensating photocurrents and thereby detect such hidden quantum metric response. We demonstrate this effect across distinct magnetic states and down to the ultrathin limit. Moreover, we realize reconfigurable, nonvolatile and probabilistic photodetection enabled by the quantum metric response. These results not only fundamentally expand the material landscape for quantum geometric physics, but also open new gateway to harvest the quantum geometric contributions for state-of-the-art nonvolatile reprogrammable sensing and computing applications. |
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| spellingShingle | Harnessing hidden quantum metric response in a 2D magnet via nonlocal photovoltaic effect Tan, Yong Hu, Qian Xiao, Rui-Chun Zhou, Hang Huang, Yuqing Bekele, Zelalem Abebe Deng, Yongcheng Qian, Xuan Gan, Qikang Wang, Lei Ji, Yang Shao, Ding-Fu Zhao, Lixia Wang, Kaiyou Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The quantum geometry of Bloch wavefunctions underpins a wealth of emergent phenomena in quantum materials. Its imaginary part, the Berry curvature, has long been recognized as a key source for hallmark effects such as quantum Hall and topological phenomena, etc. The real part of quantum geometry, the quantum metric, has recently garnered considerable attention due to predictions of a range of unconventional nonlinear and nonequilibrium responses. Such responses usually vanish in centrosymmetric systems, largely restricting relevant studies to non-centrosymmetric materials. Here we challenge this convention by revealing that the vanished quantum metric response can survive in a hidden form. Using a non-local photovoltaic scheme in a layered magnetic semiconductor, we spatially separate mutually compensating photocurrents and thereby detect such hidden quantum metric response. We demonstrate this effect across distinct magnetic states and down to the ultrathin limit. Moreover, we realize reconfigurable, nonvolatile and probabilistic photodetection enabled by the quantum metric response. These results not only fundamentally expand the material landscape for quantum geometric physics, but also open new gateway to harvest the quantum geometric contributions for state-of-the-art nonvolatile reprogrammable sensing and computing applications. |
| title | Harnessing hidden quantum metric response in a 2D magnet via nonlocal photovoltaic effect |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19238 |