4 papers
Properties of topological insulators and superconductors under relativistic gravity
Patrick J. Wong, Zackary White, Alexander V. Balatsky
The interplay between the curved spacetimes of general relativity and quantum mechanical systems is an active field of research. However, analysis of relativistic gravitation on ex…
Quantum Printing
Gabriel Aeppli, Alexander V. Balatsky, Stefano Bonetti +8
We introduce the concept of quantum printing -- the imprinting of quantum states from photons and phonons onto quantum matter. The discussion is focusing on charged fluids (metals,…
Large inverse Faraday effect for Rydberg states of free atoms and isolated donors in semiconductors
Patrick J. Wong, Ivan M. Khaymovich, Gabriel Aeppli +1
We report on the induction of magnetization in Rydberg systems by means of the inverse Faraday effect, and propose the appearance of the effect in two such systems, Rydberg atoms p…
Quantum Sensing from Gravity as Universal Dephasing Channel for Qubits
Alexander V. Balatsky, Pedram Roushan, Joris Schaltegger +1
We investigate the interaction of a transmon qubit with a classical gravitational field. Exploiting the generic phenomena of the gravitational redshift and Aharonov-Bohm phase, we…