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cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 99 cited

Doping Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Centrosymmetric Graphene from Quadrupole Response

Yu Zhang, Di Huang, Yuwei Shan +8

For centrosymmetric materials such as monolayer graphene, no optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is generally expected because it is forbidden under the electric-dipole approx…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 9 cited

Possible pairing symmetry in the FeSe-based superconductors determined by quasiparticle interference

Yi Gao, Yuting Wang, Tao Zhou +2

We study the momentum-integrated quasiparticle interference (QPI) in the FeSe-based superconductors. This method was recently proposed theoretically and has been applied to determi…

hep-th2018★ 15 cited

Schwinger effect of a relativistic boson entangled with a qubit

Yujie Li, Yu Shi

We use the concept of quantum entanglement to analyze the Schwinger effect on an entangled state of a qubit and a bosonic mode coupled with the electric field. As a consequence of…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 607 cited

Visualization of higher-order topological insulating phases in two-dimensional dielectric photonic crystals

Bi-Ye Xie, Guang-Xu Su, Hong-Fei Wang +6

The studies of topological phases of matter have been extended from condensed matter physics to photonic systems, resulting in fascinating designs of robust photonic devices. Recen…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 44 cited

Comparative study of vortex dynamics in CaKFe4As4 and Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 single crystals

Wang Cheng, Hai Lin, Bing Shen +1

We investigate the vortex dynamics in two typical hole doped iron based superconductors CaKFeAs (CaK1144) and BaKFeAs (BaK122) with similar supercon…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 228 cited

Ferromagnetic van der Waals crystal VI3

Shangjie Tian, Jian-Feng Zhang, Chenghe Li +5

We report structural, physical properties and electronic structure of van der Waals (vdW) crystal VI3. Detailed analysis reveals that VI3 exhibits a structural transition from mono…

physics.app-ph2018★ 7 cited

Ultrathin acoustic parity-time symmetric metasurface cloak

Hao-Xiang Li, Maria Rosendo-Lopez, Yi-Fan Zhu +5

Invisibility or unhearability cloaks have been made possible by using metamaterials making light or sound flow around obstacle without the trace of reflections or shadows. Metamate…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 21 cited

Phase transition and anomalous scaling in the quantum Hall transport of topological insulator Sn-Bi1.1Sb0.9Te2S devices

Faji Xie, Shuai Zhang, Qianqian Liu +12

The scaling physics of quantum Hall transport in optimized topological insulators with a plateau precision of ~1/1000 e2/h is considered. Two exponential scaling regimes are observ…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 42 cited

Manipulation of Conductive Domain Walls in Confined Ferroelectric Nano-islands

Guo Tian, Wenda Yang, Xiao Song +14

Conductive ferroelectric domain walls--ultra-narrow and configurable conduction paths, have been considered as essential building blocks for future programmable domain wall electro…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 102 cited

Time-reversal symmetry breaking in Re-based superconductors

T. Shang, M. Smidman, S. K. Ghosh +15

To trace the origin of time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) in Re-based superconductors, we performed comparative muon-spin rotation/relaxation (SR) studies of superconducting…

cond-mat.str-el2018★ 1 cited

The Magnetic Properties of 1111-type Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (LaBa)(ZnMn)AsO in the Low Doping Regime

Guoxiang Zhi, Kai Wang, Haojie Zhang +5

We investigated the magnetic properties of (LaBa)(ZnMn)AsO with varying from 0.005 to 0.05 at an external magnetic field of 1000 Oe. For doping leve…

quant-ph2018★ 39 cited

Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm Design using Reinforcement Learning

Jian Lin, Zhong Yuan Lai, Xiaopeng Li

Quantum algorithm design plays a crucial role in exploiting the computational advantage of quantum devices. Here we develop a deep-reinforcement-learning based approach for quantum…

hep-th2018★ 12 cited

Wilson line networks in -adic AdS/CFT

Ling-Yan Hung, Wei Li, Charles M. Melby-Thompson

The -adic AdS/CFT is a holographic duality based on the -adic number field . For a -adic CFT living on and with complex-valued fields, the bul…

cond-mat.str-el2018★ 17 cited

Single-hole wave function in two dimensions: A case study of the doped Mott insulator

Shuai Chen, Qing-Rui Wang, Yang Qi +2

We study a ground-state ansatz for the single-hole doped - model in two dimensions via a variational Monte Carlo (VMC) method. Such a single-hole wave function possesses fini…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 12 cited

Quantum phase transitions in the spin-boson model without the counterrotating terms

Yan-Zhi Wang, Shu He, Liwei Duan +1

We study the spin-boson model without the counterrotating terms by a numerically exact method based on variational matrix product states. Surprisingly, the second-order quantum pha…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 12 cited

Synergy and competition between superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in FeSe under pressure

Guan-Yu Chen, Enyu Wang, Xiyu Zhu +1

Temperature dependence of resistivity under high pressures with magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the FeSe planes are measured in FeSe single crystals. It is found that…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 100 cited

Experimental identification of critical condition for drastically enhancing thermoelectric power factor of two-dimensional layered materials

Junwen Zeng, Xin He, Shi-Jun Liang +16

Nano-structuring is an extremely promising path to high performance thermoelectrics. Favorable improvements in thermal conductivity are attainable in many material systems, and the…

cond-mat.str-el2018★ 137 cited

Electric-field Control of Magnetism with Emergent Topological Hall Effect in SrRuO3 through Proton Evolution

Zhuolu Li, Shengchun Shen, Zijun Tian +16

Ionic substitution forms an essential pathway to manipulate the carrier density and crystalline symmetry of materials via ion-lattice-electron coupling, leading to a rich spectrum…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 33 cited

Pressure-induced superconductivity in topological semimetal NbAs2

Yupeng Li, Chao An, Chenqiang Hua +10

Topological superconductivity with Majorana bound states, which are critical to implement nonabelian quantum computation, may be realized in three-dimensional semimetals with nontr…

cond-mat.soft2018★ 40 cited

Disentangling boson peaks and Van Hove singularities in a model glass

Yinqiao Wang, Liang Hong, Yujie Wang +2

Using the example of a two-dimensional macroscopic model glass in which the interparticle forces can be precisely measured, we obtain strong hints for resolving a controversy conce…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 154 cited

An unusual continuous paramagnetic-limited superconducting phase transition in 2D NbSe

Egon Sohn, Xiaoxiang Xi, Wen-Yu He +9

Time reversal and spatial inversion are two key symmetries for conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconductivity. Breaking inversion symmetry can lead to mixed-parity…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 29 cited

Multigap nodeless superconductivity in CsCa2Fe4As4F2 probed by heat transport

Y. Y. Huang, Z. C. Wang, Y. J. Yu +5

Recently, a new family of iron-based superconductors called 12442 was discovered and the muon spin relaxation (SR) measurements on KCaFeAsF and CsCaFeAs$…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 69 cited

Proximity-Induced Superconductivity with Subgap Anomaly in Type II Weyl Semi-Metal WTe2

Qiao Li, Chaocheng He, Yaojia Wang +16

Due to the non-trivial topological band structure in type-II Weyl semimetal Tungsten ditelluride (WTe2), unconventional properties may emerge in its superconducting phase. While re…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 2 cited

Hexagonal warping effect to Majorana zero modes at ends of superconducting vortex line in doped 3D strong topological insulators

Chuang Li, Lun-Hui Hu, Fu-Chun Zhang

In a superconducting topological insulator, superconducting vortex line may trap 1-dimensional topological band with Majorana zero modes (MZMs) localized at its ends. In this work,…