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20172026
most citedGaussian conversion protocols for cubic phase state generation

33 citations · 199 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Optimized quantum state transfer in a quasiperiodic ultracold atomic gas

Andreas Völkering, Arnob Kumar Ghosh, Patric Holmvall +1

Ultracold atomic systems offer a highly controllable platform for investigating quantum state transfer through the precise dynamical manipulation of system parameters. While quanti…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Observation of end-to-end pumping in a quasiperiodic Fibonacci-type photonic chain

Arnob Kumar Ghosh, Ang Chen, Ashraf El Hassan +3

End-to-end pumps utilizing edge-localized states offer a promising route to operate as connecting buses, supplying efficient and robust connectivity between non-neighboring element…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Nonuniform superconducting states from Majorana flat bands

Sushanth Varada, Aksel Kobiałka, Ankita Bhattacharya +2

Zero-energy flat bands within the superconducting gap can give rise to competing ordered phases. We investigate such phases in topological superconductors based on the magnetic ada…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Unifying description of competing chiral and nematic superconducting states in twisted bilayer graphene

Lucas Baldo, Patric Holmvall, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We reveal a striking correspondence between electron- and phonon-driven pairing in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) by mapping an atomistic electronically driven pairing model onto a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Quantum state transfer and maximal entanglement between distant qubits using a minimal quasicrystal pump

Arnob Kumar Ghosh, Rubén Seoane Souto, Vahid Azimi-Mousolou +2

Coherent quantum state transfer over macroscopic distances between non-neighboring elements in quantum circuits is a crucial component to increase connectivity and simplify quantum…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Quantum metric and localization in a quasicrystal

Quentin Marsal, Patric Holmvall, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

We use the quantum metric to understand the properties of quasicrystals, represented by the one-dimensional (1D) Fibonacci chain. We show that the quantum metric can relate the loc…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Designing edge currents using mesoscopic patterning in chiral d-wave superconductors

Patric Holmvall, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Chiral superconductors are topological as characterized by a finite Chern number and chiral edge modes. Direct fingerprints of chiral superconductivity are thus often taken to be s…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 1 cited

Impurity strength-temperature phase diagram with phase crystals and competing time-reversal symmetry breaking states in nodal -wave superconductors

Kevin Marc Seja, Niclas Wall-Wennerdal, Tomas Löfwander +3

Phase crystals are a class of nonuniform superconducting ground states characterized by spontaneous phase gradients of the superconducting order parameter. These phase gradients no…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 14 cited

Topological superconductivity in Fibonacci quasicrystals

Aksel Kobiałka, Oladunjoye A. Awoga, Martin Leijnse +3

We investigate the properties of a Fibonacci quasicrystal (QC) arrangement of a one-dimensional topological superconductor, such as a magnetic atom chain deposited on a superconduc…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 18 cited

Josephson effect in a Fibonacci quasicrystal

Anna Sandberg, Oladunjoye A. Awoga, Annica M. Black-Schaffer +1

Quasiperiodicity has recently been proposed to enhance superconductivity and its proximity effect. At the same time, there has been significant experimental progress in the fabrica…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 7 cited

Enhanced chiral edge currents and orbital magnetic moment in chiral -wave superconductors from mesoscopic finite-size effects

Patric Holmvall, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Chiral superconductors spontaneously break time-reversal symmetry and host topologically protected edge modes, supposedly generating chiral edge currents which are typically taken…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 11 cited

Robust and tunable coreless vortices and fractional vortices in chiral -wave superconductors

Patric Holmvall, Niclas Wall-Wennerdal, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Chiral -wave superconductivity has recently been proposed in a wide range of materials based on both experiment and theoretical works. Chiral superconductors host a finite Chern…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 9 cited

Defect-induced band restructuring and length scales in twisted bilayer graphene

Lucas Baldo, Tomas Löthman, Patric Holmvall +1

We investigate the effects of single, multiple, and extended defects in the form of non-magnetic impurities and vacancies in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) at and away from the mag…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 14 cited

Coreless vortices as direct signature of chiral -wave superconductivity

Patric Holmvall, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Chiral -wave superconductivity has been proposed in a number of different materials, but characteristic experimental fingerprints have been largely lacking. We show that quadrup…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 9 cited

SuperConga: an open-source framework for mesoscopic superconductivity

P. Holmvall, N. Wall Wennerdal, M. Håkansson +4

We present SuperConga, an open-source framework for simulating equilibrium properties of unconventional and ballistic singlet superconductors, confined to two-dimensional (2D) meso…

quant-ph2022

Deterministic Gaussian conversion protocols for non-Gaussian single-mode resources

Oliver Hahn, Patric Holmvall, Pascal Stadler +2

In the context of quantum technologies over continuous variables, Gaussian states and operations are typically regarded as freely available, as they are relatively easily accessibl…

quant-ph2020★ 33 cited

Gaussian conversion protocols for cubic phase state generation

Yu Zheng, Oliver Hahn, Pascal Stadler +4

Universal quantum computing with continuous variables requires non-Gaussian resources, in addition to a Gaussian set of operations. A known resource enabling universal quantum comp…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 13 cited

Breaking time-reversal and translational symmetry at edges of -wave superconductors: microscopic theory and comparison with quasiclassical theory

N. Wall Wennerdal, A. Ask, P. Holmvall +2

We report results of a microscopic calculation of a second-order phase transition into a state breaking time-reversal and translational invariance along pair-breaking edges of -…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 14 cited

Phase Crystals

P. Holmvall, M. Fogelström, T. Löfwander +1

Superconductivity owes its properties to the phase of the electron pair condensate that breaks the symmetry. In the most traditional ground state, the phase is uniform and r…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 11 cited

Spontaneous symmetry-breaking at surfaces of -wave superconductors: influence of geometry and surface ruggedness

P. Holmvall, A. Vorontsov, M. Fogelstrom +1

Surfaces of -wave superconductors may host a substantial density of zero-energy Andreev states. The zero-energy flat band appears due to a topological constraint, but comes with…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 25 cited

Spontaneously broken translational symmetry at edges of high-temperature superconductors: thermodynamics in magnetic field

P. Holmvall, A. B. Vorontsov, M. Fogelstrom +1

We investigate equilibrium properties, including structure of the order parameter, superflow patterns, and thermodynamics of low-temperature surface phases of layered d_{x^2-y^2}-w…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 8 cited

Spontaneous generation of fractional vortex-antivortex pairs at single edges of high-Tc superconductors

Patric Holmvall, Tomas Löfwander, Mikael Fogelström

Unconventional d-wave superconductors with pair-breaking edges are predicted to have ground states with spontaneously broken time-reversal and translational symmetries. We use the…

nucl-th2017★ 12 cited

Collinear cluster tri-partition: Kinematics constraints and stability of collinearity

Patric Holmvall, Ulli Köster, Andreas Heinz +1

A new mode of nuclear fission has been proposed by the FOBOS collaboration, called Collinear Cluster Tri-partition (CCT), suggesting that three heavy fission fragments can be emitt…