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Quantum Semiconductor Heterostructures for meV Axion Dark Matter Detection
Author(s): Jaanita Mehrani, Tao Xu, Andrey Baydin, Michael J. Manfra, Henry O. Everitt, Andrew J. Long, Kuver Sinha, Junichiro Kono, and Shengxi Huang
We propose a novel strategy and a new class of detectors for the direct detection of axion dark matter in the meV mass range, based on resonantly enhanced axion-photon conversion through the inverse Primakoff effect in engineered radiometers composed of quantum semiconductor heterostructures. Semico… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241001] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026