Attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (ATAS) is a powerful scheme for monitoring the vibronic coherences that enables real-time observation of electronic motion, but the role of molecular rotation is usually neglected. The authors propose a theory fully accounting for molecular rotation in ATAS, closing the gap between theory and ATAS experiments.

While numerical simulations for metalenses frequently show efficiencies above 90% at low numerical apertures, the experimental counterpart struggles to reach such efficiencies. The authors modify the model for prediction and systematically realise a set of high-precision meta-lenses with high efficiencies across the whole numerical aperture range.

Quantum networks require a synergistic integration of terrestrial infrastructure employing optical fibers and wireless free-space communication technologies. In their study, the authors numerically investigate a satellite-based entanglement distribution and quantum teleportation across diverse freespace communication channels, such as diffraction or turbulence, finding that entanglement preservation endures throughout the downlink (satellite-to-ground) propagation for over 1000 km.

Interacting electrons can collectively act as a viscous flow resembling a classical fluid, a phenomenon termed electron hydrodynamics. Here, the authors develop a framework to describe electron flow in narrow channels, demonstrating that the requirements for achieving electron hydrodynamic transport can be extended beyond what is currently considered possible.

This work studies the effects of non-gaussian phonon lineshapes from stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation on the superconducting critical temperature (Tc) of hydrogen at high pressure. It predicts superconductivity in the Cmca-12 phase between 450 and 500 GPa and an increase in Tc for both the Cmca-12 and the I41/amd-2 structures compared to harmonic calculations.

SrTiO₃-based oxide interfaces, which exhibit coexistence of gate-tunable two-dimensional superconductivity and Rashba spin-orbit coupling, are candidates to host topological superconductive phases. By controlling the chemical ratio in LaAlO₃, the authors demonstrate tuning of carrier densities, mobilities and the formation of superconductivity, showing that, approaching to clean limit, significant enhancement below the Lifshitz transition is observed, at odds with previous experimental investigations.

Topological solitons are localized structures whose stability emerges from the topology of their spatial structure, hence they are usually independent of the temporal dimension. The authors construct topological magnetic solitons in space-time from periodically driven magnetic structures that can be externally controlled.

Spatial Kramers–Kronig (KK) media are inhomogeneous materials enabling omnidirectional light absorption, but the successful experimental realizations are polarization-dependent, i.e., they absorb either transverse electric or transverse magnetic fields. Using a matryoshka metamaterial, the authors report the experimental realization of a polarization-independent omnidirectional absorber.

The theoretical description of ultra-cold Fermi gases is challenging due to the presence of strong, short-ranged interactions. This work introduces a Pfaffian-Jastrow neural-network quantum state that outperforms existing Slater-Jastrow frameworks and diffusion Monte Carlo methods.

The strongly correlated interactions found in twisted bilayer systems give rise to a range of exotic phenomena but due to range of factors it is challenging to develop theoretical models that can faithfully describe the underlying physics. Here, the authors provide an analysis of the chiral limits of perturbed Dirac field theories that are relevant to C3-symmetric twisted bilayer graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides homobilayers. They identify two possible scenarios and show that flat bands are a more likely phenomenon in the latter system

Quantum simulators study important models of condensed matter and high-energy physics. Research on synthetic dimensions has paved the way for studying exotic phenomena, such as curved space-times, topological phases of matter, lattice gauge theories, twistronics without a twist, and more

The frameworks to simulate pathogen, malware and failure spreading are computationally demanding, and they are subject to large statistical uncertainty. The authors develop efficient inference and control algorithms based on dynamic message passing to study a two-layer spreading process, where the spreading infection triggers cascading failures and leads to secondary disasters.

Quantum Speed Limit (QSL) is a lower bound on the time evolution for quantum systems. Still, experimental studies for open systems are few due to the lack of control over their environment’s interaction. The authors control the qubitreservoir interaction in an ensemble of chloroform molecules, observing crossovers between different QSLs.