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most citedBright single photon emitters with enhanced quantum efficiency in a two-dimensional semiconductor coupled with dielectric nano-antennas

102 citations · 284 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Exciton-polaritons in a monolayer semiconductor coupled to van der Waals dielectric nanoantennas on a metallic mirror

Yadong Wang, Charalambos Louca, Sam Randerson +8

Polaritons in nanophotonic structures have attracted long-standing interest owing to their fundamental importance and potential for applications in nonlinear and quantum optics. Na…

physics.optics2025

Fabrication of ultra-smooth, high-aspect ratio, sub-10 nanometer nanostructures

John A. Scott, Panaiot G. Zotev, Luca Sortino +6

Deterministic and versatile approaches to sample preparation on nanoscopic scales are important in many fields including photonics, electronics, biology and material science. Howev…

physics.optics2024

Simultaneous observation of bright and dark polariton states in subwavelength gratings made from quasi-bulk WS

Paul Bouteyre, Xuerong Hu, Sam A. Randerson +3

Over the last decade, layered crystals, dubbed van der Waals (vdW) materials, have attracted tremendous interest due to their unique properties in their single and few layer regime…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 1 cited

Single photon emitters in monolayer semiconductors coupled to transition metal dichalcogenide nanoantennas on silica and gold substrates

Panaiot G. Zotev, Sam A. Randerson, Xuerong Hu +2

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) single photon emitters (SPEs) offer numerous advantages to quantum information applications, such as high single photon purity and determinist…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 17 cited

Van der Waals Nanoantennas on Gold as Hosts for Hybrid Mie-Plasmonic Resonances

Sam A. Randerson, Panaiot G. Zotev, Xuerong Hu +6

Dielectric nanoresonators have been shown to circumvent the heavy optical losses associated with plasmonic devices, however they suffer from less confined resonances. By constructi…

physics.app-ph2022★ 2 cited

Understanding the impact of heavy ions and tailoring the optical properties of large-area Monolayer WS2 using Focused Ion Beam

Fahrettin Sarcan, Nicola J. Fairbairn, Panaiot Zotev +10

Focused ion beam (FIB) has been used as an effective tool for precise nanoscale fabrication. It has recently been employed to tailor defect engineering in functional nanomaterials…

physics.optics2022★ 88 cited

Van der Waals Materials for Applications in Nanophotonics

Panaiot G. Zotev, Yue Wang, Daniel Andres-Penares +12

Numerous optical phenomena and applications have been enabled by nanophotonic structures. Their current fabrication from high refractive index dielectrics, such as silicon or galli…

physics.app-ph2021★ 32 cited

Transition metal dichalcogenide dimer nano-antennas with ultra-small gaps

Panaiot G. Zotev, Yue Wang, Luca Sortino +8

Transition metal dichalcogenides have emerged as promising materials for nano-photonic resonators due to their large refractive index, low absorption within a large portion of the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 102 cited

Bright single photon emitters with enhanced quantum efficiency in a two-dimensional semiconductor coupled with dielectric nano-antennas

Luca Sortino, Panaiot G. Zotev, Catherine L. Phillips +7

Single photon emitters in atomically-thin semiconductors can be deterministically positioned using strain induced by underlying nano-structures. Here, we couple monolayer WSe t…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 41 cited

Dielectric nano-antennas for strain engineering in atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductors

Luca Sortino, Matthew Brooks, Panaiot G. Zotev +7

Atomically thin two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) can withstand large levels of strain before their irreversible damage occurs. This unique pro…