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20242026
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5 papers

physics.optics2026

Topological Magneto-optical Kerr Effect without Spin-orbit Coupling in Spin-compensated Antiferromagnet

Camron Farhang, Weihang Lu, Kai Du +4

The magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE), the differential reflection of oppositely circularly polarized light, has traditionally been associated with relativistic spin-orbit couplin…

physics.optics2026

Polar enhancement of optical nonlinearities and domain-driven second harmonic contrast in bismuth telluro-halide van der Waals crystals

Kevin W. C. Kwock, Tenzin Norden, Thomas P. Darlington +11

The BiTeX family of polar van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors offers a unique platform for exploring the interplay between polar crystalline structure and nonlinear optical phenomen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Electrotoroidicity: New Paradigm for Transverse Electromagnetic Responses

Kai Du, Daegeun Jo, Xianghan Xu +7

The exploration of transverse electromagnetic responses in solids with broken spatial-inversion (I) and/or time-reversal (T) symmetries has unveiled numerous captivating phenomena,…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Universal Superconductivity in FeTe and All-Iron-Based Ferromagnetic Superconductor Heterostructures

Hee Taek Yi, Xiong Yao, Deepti Jain +10

Ferromagnetism (FM) and superconductivity (SC) are two of the most famous macroscopic quantum phenomena. However, nature normally does not allow SC and FM to coexist without signif…

physics.optics2024

Directionally asymmetric nonlinear optics in planar chiral MnTiO

Xinshu Zhang, Tyler Carbin, Kai Du +7

Planar chiral structures possess a two dimensional handedness that is associated with broken mirror symmetry. Such motifs span vast length scales; examples include certain pinwheel…