Spin-orbit coupling (SOC), the interaction between the electron spin and the orbital angular momentum, can unlock rich phenomena at interfaces, in particular interconverting spin and charge currents. Conventional heavy metals have been extensively explored due to their strong SOC of conduction electrons. However, spin-orbit effects in classes of materials such as epitaxial 5d-electron transition-metal complex oxides, which also host strong SOC, remain largely unreported.

The lattice construction of Euclidean path integrals has been a successful approach of deriving 2+1D field theory dualities with a U(1) gauge field. In this work, we generalize this lattice construction to dualities with non-Abelian gauge fields. We construct the Euclidean space-time lattice path integral for a theory with strongly interacting SO(3) vector bosons and Majorana fermions coupled to an SO(3) gauge field and derive an exact duality between this theory and the theory of a free Majorana fermion on the space-time lattice.

The effective spin-mixing conductance (Geff↑↓) of a heavy-metal-ferromagnet (HM-FM) interface characterizes the efficiency of the interfacial spin transport. Accurately determining Geff↑↓ is critical to the quantitative understanding of measurements of direct and inverse spin Hall effects. Geff↑↓ is typically ascertained from the inverse dependence of magnetic damping on the FM thickness under the assumption that spin pumping is the dominant mechanism affecting this dependence.

A variety of exotic non-Fermi liquid (NFL) states have been observed in many condensed matter systems, with different scaling relations between transport coefficients and temperature. The "standard" approach to studying these NFLs is by coupling a Fermi liquid to quantum critical fluctuations, which potentially can drive the system into a NFL. In this work we seek for an alternative understanding of these various NFLs in a unified framework.

A set of 20 single crystal diamond plates synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was studied using X-ray diffraction imaging to determine their applicability as side-bounce (single-reflection) Laue monochromators for synchrotron radiation. The crystal plates were of optical grade (as provided by the supplier) with (001) nominal surface orientation. High dislocation density was found for all samples. Distortions in the crystal lattice were quantified for low-index Laue reflections of interests using rocking curve topography.

Recently, the scientific community has shown considerable interest in engineering tissues with organized compositional and structural gradients to mimic hard-to-soft tissue interfaces. This effort is hindered by an incomplete understanding of the construction of native tissue interfaces. In this work, we combined Raman microscopy and confocal elastography to map compositional, structural, and mechanical features across the stiff-to-compliant interface of the attachments of the meniscus in the knee.

Even a small amplitude charge-density wave (CDW) can reconstruct a Fermi surface, giving rise to new quantum oscillation frequencies. Here, we investigate quantum oscillations when the CDW has a finite correlation length ζ - a case relevant to the hole-doped cuprates. By considering the Berry phase induced by a spatially varying CDW phase, we derive an effective Dingle factor that depends exponentially on the ratio of the cyclotron orbit radius, Rc, to ζ.

Motivated by the recent observation of evidence of ferromagnetism in correlated insulating states in systems with moiré superlattices, we study a two-orbital quantum antiferromagnetic model on the triangular lattice, where the two orbitals physically correspond to the two valleys of the original graphene sheet. For simplicity this model has a SU(2)s - SU(2)v symmetry, where the two SU(2) symmetries correspond to the rotation within the spin and valley spaces, respectively.

Nanophotonic waveguides have enabled on-chip optical trap arrays for high-throughput manipulation and measurements. However, the realization of the full potential of these devices requires trapping enhancement for applications that need large trapping force. Here, we demonstrate a solution via fabrication of high refractive index cylindrical trapping particles.

The transition from elastic to plastic deformation in crystalline metals shares history dependence and scale-invariant avalanche signature with other nonequilibrium systems under external loading such as colloidal suspensions.