{"title":"Singular Electromagnetics: From Phase Singularities to Optical Skyrmions and Beyond (Adv. Phys. Res. 5/2025)","authors":"Jie Yang, Juanna Jiang, Jiafu Wang, Xuezhi Zheng","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202570011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Singular Electromagnetics</b></p><p>A vortex of twisted light beams serves as a streamline to organize and present the primary research objectives of singular electromagnetics/singular optics. As reviewed by Jiafu Wang, Xuezhi Zheng and co-workers in article number 2400083, these objectives include phase singularities in complex scalar fields, polarization singularities in complex vector fields, and 3D topological defects (specifically, four types are presented: optical skyrmions, hopfions, knots, and Möbius strips). These research objectives are well-recognized within the communities of electromagnetics, optics, photonics, metamaterials, and plasmonics, as well as acoustics, while also capturing the attention of a broader audience from other research fields or even non-research readers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bárbara L. T. Rosa, Paulo E. Faria Junior, Alisson R. Cadore, Yuhui Yang, Aris Koulas-Simos, Chirag C. Palekar, Seth Ariel Tongay, Jaroslav Fabian, Stephan Reitzenstein
{"title":"Electrical Manipulation of Intervalley Trions in Twisted MoSe2 Homobilayers at Room Temperature (Adv. Phys. Res. 5/2025)","authors":"Bárbara L. T. Rosa, Paulo E. Faria Junior, Alisson R. Cadore, Yuhui Yang, Aris Koulas-Simos, Chirag C. Palekar, Seth Ariel Tongay, Jaroslav Fabian, Stephan Reitzenstein","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202570013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Electrical Control of Excitonic Complexes</b></p><p>The cover feature showcases the exploration of exciton complexes in electrically contacted artificially twisted MoSe<sub>2</sub> homobilayers, highlighting their unique optical and electronic properties. Unlike conventional heterobilayers, homobilayers benefit from the absence of lattice mismatch, enhancing their potential for practical applications. In article number 2400135, Bárbara L. T. Rosa, Stephan Reitzenstein and colleagues unveil the tunable excitonic behavior of these systems through electrical charge carrier concentration control at room temperature. By performing gate-dependent photoluminescence experiments on devices with various twist angles, they demonstrate a twist-angle-dependent doping effect that significantly influences the neutral and negatively charged intralayer excitons. The findings substantially advance the understanding of TMD homobilayers by enabling control over their emission properties, laying a strong foundation for future applications in van der Waals semiconductor devices.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Operation of Single-Spin Qubits: Recent Advances and Prospects (Adv. Phys. Res. 4/2025)","authors":"Zhizhuo Zhang, Jushang Ran, Fei Gao, Chuancheng Jia, Xuefeng Guo","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202570010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Single-Spin Manipulation of Quantum Systems</b></p><p>Various quantum systems such as color centers, quantum dots, atoms, and molecules have demonstrated their capability for single-spin manipulation, which paves the way for new ideas and infinite possibilities in quantum information science. In review 2400146, Fei Gao, Chuancheng Jia, Xuefeng Guo and co-workers discuss in detail the progress and challenges of single-rotation manipulation and detection in the aforementioned quantum systems, and provide insights for future directions of research.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentin Leeb, Nico Huber, Christian Pfleiderer, Johannes Knolle, Marc A. Wilde
{"title":"A Field Guide to Non-Onsager Quantum Oscillations in Metals (Adv. Phys. Res. 4/2025)","authors":"Valentin Leeb, Nico Huber, Christian Pfleiderer, Johannes Knolle, Marc A. Wilde","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202570008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Quantum Oscillation Measurement</b></p><p>The circular motion of electrons in a magnetic field can be visualized in a Teltron tube. Electrons in metals behave in a similar way, leading to characteristic oscillations of observables. In review 2400134, Johannes Knolle and co-workers explain how they found new oscillations due to nonlinear couplings between multiple electron orbits. Cover image by Criss Hohmann (MCQST).\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen H. Foulger, Yuriy Bandera, Igor Luzinov, Travis Wanless
{"title":"Polymeric Memristors as Entropy Sources for Probabilistic Bit Generation","authors":"Stephen H. Foulger, Yuriy Bandera, Igor Luzinov, Travis Wanless","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202400142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202400142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Probabilistic bits, or p-bits, represent a novel computational element that bridges the gap between deterministic classical bits and quantum bits (qubits) used in quantum computing. Unlike classical bits that maintain a definite state of 0 or 1, a p-bit fluctuates between these states in a controlled, stochastic manner. This probabilistic behavior allows for the representation and processing of information in a form that leverages inherent randomness. In this study, a unique approach is presented to generating p-bits using a hybrid conjugated polymer, poly-4-((6-(4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrol-4-yl)hexyl)oxy)-N,N-diphenylaniline (pTPADTP), as a memristive material. The polymer's conjugated backbone, combined with pendant triphenylamine groups, enables the creation of p-bits through random resistance switching. The stochasticity of this polymeric memristor makes it particularly suited for p-bit applications in stochastic optimization, probabilistic algorithms, and artificial neural networks. The charge transport in the polymer is facilitated by two synergistic percolation mechanisms: one occurring along the polymer backbone and the other through the pendant triphenylamine groups. The study of p-bits generated from pTPADTP opens new avenues for advancing both the theory and practice of computation, where uncertainty and randomness are harnessed as valuable computational resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202400142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanjing Zhang, Tao Shang, Chenyi Zhang, Xueyi Guo
{"title":"Pulse-Level Quantum Robust Control with Diffusion-Based Reinforcement Learning","authors":"Yuanjing Zhang, Tao Shang, Chenyi Zhang, Xueyi Guo","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202400159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202400159","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The pulse-level quantum control presents a large range of external parameter dependencies, including control field noise, frequency detuning, nonlinearities, and uncertainty of Hamiltonian parameters, which can lead to significant deviation from the target quantum gate. These terms are not usually considered directly in standard optimization scenarios for robustness, but are often found in analytical solutions. The latter are often difficult to emerge and generalize to different settings. This paper proposes a diffusion-based reinforcement learning method for pulse-level quantum robust control (PQC-DBRL) to enhance the robustness of pulse-level quantum gate control. PQC-DBRL does not require an accurate Hamiltonian model of the underlying system, effectively mitigating deviations from target quantum gates caused by control field noise and parameter uncertainties. The quantum pulse control problem is formulated as a conditional generative modeling task, leveraging diffusion reinforcement learning to capture unobserved system information. Furthermore, the results show that PQC-DBRL pulses maintain a fidelity greater than 0.95 for 100% of the cases and greater than 0.999 for 32.16% of the cases, outperforming GRAPE, which achieves 0.999 fidelity for only 12.48% of the cases under the same noise conditions. In large-scale experiments with repeated gate operations, PQC-DBRL demonstrates significantly higher resilience to cumulative errors, maintaining fidelity advantages even after 200 gate repetitions. Additionally, when evaluated across different Hamiltonian variations, PQC-DBRL shows smaller fidelity variance compared to GRAPE, indicating higher robustness against system parameter fluctuations. This paper offers a promising solution to scalable, noise-resilient quantum control in practical quantum computing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202400159","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaotian Wang, Tingting Sun, Chengwu Xie, Hongkuan Yuan, Yang Tie, Zeying Zhang, Gang Zhang
{"title":"Multiple Open and Closed Nodal-Line Phonons in Solids with a 1 Space Group (Adv. Phys. Res. 3/2025)","authors":"Xiaotian Wang, Tingting Sun, Chengwu Xie, Hongkuan Yuan, Yang Tie, Zeying Zhang, Gang Zhang","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202570006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Investigating the Difference Between Open and Closed Nodal-Line Phonons</b></p><p>Inspired by the “Chinese Knot,” the cover image expresses good wishes, including happiness, prosperity, and love, in the Year of the Snake. The cover's background contains two types of snakes, that is, open and closed snakes whose shapes reflect open and closed nodal lines. Open and closed nodal-line phonons in solids are discussed in more detail in article apxr.202200085 by Y. Tie, Z. Zhang, G. Zhang and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}