Publications

Review Articles

1. "Microwave-to-Optical Quantum Transduction of Photons for Quantum Interconnects"
   Akihiko Sekine, Ryo Murakami & Yoshiyasu Doi
   submitted to npj Nanophotonics [arXiv:2509.26349]
   Invited Review

2. "Axion Electrodynamics in Topological Materials"
   Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
   J. Appl. Phys. 129, 141101-1-30 (2021) [arXiv]
   Invited Tutorial & Featured Article

Original Papers

1. "Microwave-to-Optical Quantum Transduction with Antiferromagnets"
   Akihiko Sekine, Ryo Murakami & Yoshiyasu Doi
   Phys. Rev. B 112, 094413 (2025) [arXiv]

2. "Microwave-to-Optical Quantum Transduction Utilizing the Topological Faraday Effect of Topological Insulator Heterostructures"
   Akihiko Sekine, Mari Ohfuchi & Yoshiyasu Doi
   Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 024071 (2024) [arXiv]

3. "Quantum Spin Hall States in 2D Monolayer WTe2/MoTe2 Lateral Heterojunctions for Topological Quantum Computation"
   Mari Ohfuchi & Akihiko Sekine
   ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 6, 2020-2026 (2023) [arxiv]

4. "Emergent One-Dimensional Helical Channel in Higher-Order Topological Insulators with Step Edges"
   Akihiko Sekine, Manabu Ohtomo, Kenichi Kawaguchi & Mari Ohfuchi
   J. Appl. Phys. 134, 165707-1-16 (2023) [arXiv]

5. "Electronic Properties of the Steps in Bilayer Td-WTe2"
   Mari Ohfuchi, Akihiko Sekine, Manabu Ohtomo & Kenichi Kawaguchi
   Appl. Phys. Express 15, 065004-1-5 (2022) [arXiv]

6. "Axion Quasiparticles for Axion Dark Matter Detection"
   J. Schütte-Engel, D. J. E. Marsh, A. J. Millar, A. Sekine, F. Chadha-Day, S. Hoof, M. Ali, K.-C. Fong, E. Hardy & L. Šmejkal
   J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 08 (2021) 066  [arXiv]

7. "Valley Pumping via Edge States and the Nonlocal Valley Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors"
   Akihiko Sekine & Allan H. MacDonald
   Phys. Rev. B 102, 155205-1-12 (2020) [arXiv]

8. "Quantum Kinetic Theory of Thermoelectric and Thermal Transport in a Magnetic Field"
   Akihiko Sekine & Naoto Nagaosa
   Phys. Rev. B 101, 155204-1-17 (2020) [arXiv]

9. "Tunable Charged Domain Wall from Topological Confinement in Nodal-Line Semimetals"
   Akihiko Sekine & Naoto Nagaosa
   Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Commun.) 101, 081102-1-6 (2020) [arXiv]

10. "Valley-Dependent Magnetoresistance in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors"
    Akihiko Sekine & Allan H. MacDonald
    Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Commun.) 97, 201301-1-5 (2018) [arXiv]

11. "Quantum Kinetic Theory of the Chiral Anomaly"
    Akihiko Sekine, Dimitrie Culcer & Allan H. MacDonald
    Phys. Rev. B 96, 235134-1-29 (2017) [arXiv]
    Editors' Suggestion

12. "Interband Coherence Response to Electric Fields in Crystals: Berry-Phase Contributions and Disorder Effects"
    Dimitrie Culcer, Akihiko Sekine & Allan H. MacDonald
    Phys. Rev. B 96, 035106-1-16 (2017) [arXiv]

13. "Electric-Field-Induced Spin Resonance in Antiferromagnetic Insulators: Inverse Process of the Dynamical Chiral Magnetic Effect"
    Akihiko Sekine & Takahiro Chiba
    Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Commun.) 93, 220403-1-5 (2016) [arXiv]

14. "Chiral Gravitomagnetic Effect in Topological Superconductors and Superfluids"
    Akihiko Sekine
    Phys. Rev. B 93, 094510-1-6 (2016) [arXiv]

15. "Chiral Magnetic Effect and Anomalous Hall Effect in Antiferromagnetic Insulators with Spin-Orbit Coupling"
    Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 096401-1-5 (2016) [arXiv]

16. "Stability of Multinode Dirac Semimetals against Strong Long-Range Correlations"
    Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 075137-1-7 (2014) [arXiv]

17. "Axionic Antiferromagnetic Insulator Phase in a Correlated and Spin-Orbit Coupled System"
    Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 83, 104709-1-7 (2014) [arXiv]

18. "Weyl Semimetal in the Strong Coulomb Interaction Limit"
    Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 83, 094710-1-8 (2014) [arXiv]

19. "Electron Correlation Induced Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Weyl Semimetal Phase in a Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled System"
    Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
    J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82, 033702-1-4 (2013) [arXiv]

20. "Strong Coupling Expansion in a Correlated Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator"
    Akihiko Sekine, Takashi Z. Nakano, Yasufumi Araki & Kentaro Nomura
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 165142-1-9 (2013) [arXiv]

21. "Polar Charge Fluctuation and Superconductivity in Organic Conductors"
    Akihiko Sekine, Joji Nasu & Sumio Ishihara
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 085133-1-6 (2013) [arXiv]

Proceedings (Refereed)

1. "Electric-Field-Induced Antiferromagnetic Resonance in Antiferromagnetic Insulators with Spin-Orbit Coupling"
   Akihiko Sekine & Takahiro Chiba
   AIP Adv. 7, 055902-1-5 (2017)

2. "Weyl Semimetal with Strong Long-Range Coulomb Interactions"
   Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
   J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 603, 012017-1-7 (2015)

3. "Magnetoelectric Response of the Antiferromagnetic Insulator Phase in a Three-Dimensional Correlated System with Spin-Orbit Coupling"
   Akihiko Sekine & Kentaro Nomura
   J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 592, 012128-1-6 (2015)

4. "Effect of Strong Coulomb Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator"
   Akihiko Sekine, Takashi Z. Nakano, Yasufumi Araki & Kentaro Nomura
   JPS Conf. Proc. 3, 016008-1-5 (2014)

解説記事

1. "物質中のアクシオン電磁気学 ーアクシオン絶縁体からワイル半金属までー"
   関根聡彦
   固体物理 56, 705 (2021)  [Cover]
   Invited Review & Cover Image

Theses

    Ph.D. thesis "Effects of Strong Electron Correlations in Three-Dimensional Topological Phases" (January 2015, in English) [pdf file]

    Master's thesis "Superconductivity in a System with Charge Degree of Freedom Inside of Dimer" (January 2012, in Japanese) [pdf file]