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Multiscale Light-Matter Dynamics in Quantum Materials: From Electrons to Topological Superlattices

  • Taufeq Mohammed Razakh
  • , Thomas Linker
  • , Ye Luo
  • , Nariman Piroozan
  • , John Pennycook
  • , Nalini Kumar
  • , Albert Musaelian
  • , Anders Johansson
  • , Boris Kozinsky
  • , Rajiv K. Kalia
  • , Priya Vashishta
  • , Fuyuki Shimojo
  • , Shinnosuke Hattori
  • , Ken Ichi Nomura
  • , Aiichiro Nakano

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Abstract

Light-matter dynamics in topological quantum materials enables ultralow-power, ultrafast devices. A challenge is simulating multiple field and particle equations for light, electrons, and atoms over vast spatiotemporal scales on Exaflop/s computers with increased heterogeneity and low-precision focus. We present a paradigm shift that solves the multiscale/multiphysics/heterogeneity challenge harnessing hardware heterogeneity and low-precision arithmetic. Divide-conquer-recombine algorithms divide the problem into not only spatial but also physical subproblems of small dynamic ranges and minimal mutual information, which are mapped onto best-characteristics-matching hardware units, while metamodel-space algebra minimizes communication and precision requirements. Using 60,000 GPUs of Aurora, DC-MESH (divide-and-conquer Maxwell-Ehrenfest-surface hopping) and XS-NNQMD (excited-state neural-network quantum molecular dynamics) modules of MLMD (multiscale light-matter dynamics) software were 152- and 3,780-times faster than the state-of-the-art for 15.4 million-electron and 1.23 trillion-atom PbTiO3 material, achieving 1.87 EFLOP/s for the former. This enabled the first study of light-induced switching of topological superlattices for future ferroelectric 'topotronics'.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages36-47
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9798400714665
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025 - St. Louis, United States
Duration: Nov 16 2025Nov 21 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025

Conference

Conference2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySt. Louis
Period11/16/2511/21/25

Keywords

  • molecular dynamics
  • Multiscale light-matter dynamics
  • neural network
  • quantum dynamics
  • topotronics

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