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most citedEnhanced photon-pair generation from a van der Waals metasurface

16 citations · 25 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.optics2026

Absence of universal backscattering immunity in reciprocal photonic waveguides

Yecheng Hu, Ming Gao, Wei Xie +6

Suppressing parasitic back-reflection caused by imperfections, such as random defects, material inhomogeneities, localized inclusions, and fabrication-induced geometric deviations,…

physics.optics2026

Ultrafast tuning of the focusing efficiency of a nonlinear atomically thin lens

Rahil Rezwan, Bernardo Dias, Tom Hoekstra +10

Control over light focusing is paramount for optical and imaging systems. However, its implementation in active and integrated nanophotonic devices is hindered by the bulky and sta…

physics.optics2026

Real-Space Imaging of Guided Exciton Polaritons in Free-standing Monolayer WSe2

Manuka Suriyage, Hao Qin, Xueqian Sun +5

Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), known for their strong excitonic states with high binding energies in the visible spectrum at room temperature, offer great…

quant-ph2026

In-Line Fiber-Integrated Photon-Pair Generation from van der Waals Crystals

Mayank Joshi, Tanumoy Pramanik, Mengting Jiang +9

Miniaturized quantum light sources that operate directly in optical fibers are an attractive platform for optical quantum technologies. However, most miniaturized spontaneous param…

physics.app-ph2026★ 1 cited

Air-stable bright entangled photon-pair source from graphene-encapsulated van der Waals ferroelectric NbOI2

Mayank Joshi, Mengting Jiang, Yu Xing +6

Van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectrics are emerging nonlinear photonic materials that combine large second-order susceptibility \c{hi}(2) with heterostructure compatibility, offering a…

physics.optics2026

Polarization Engineering of Second-Harmonic Generation in 3R-MoS Waveguides

Renkang Song, Junbo Xu, Yanzhen Yin +15

Chip-scale nonlinear optics enables strong light-matter interactions within compact devices, serving as a fundamental platform for multifunctional integrated photonics from classic…

physics.optics2025

Light matter interaction in van der Waals heterostructures with Mie voids

Zhuoyuan Lu, Kirill Koshelev, Pavel Tonkaev +5

Recently introduced concept of Mie voids allows to enhance the field localization inside air cavities embedded in high-index materials. Mie voids provide an alternative approach to…

quant-ph2025

Counter-propagating Entangled Photon Pairs from a Monolayer

Zhuoyuan Lu, Jiri Janousek, Syed M. Assad +9

Non-phase-matched spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in atomically thin materials provides new degrees of freedom and enhanced quantum information capacity compared to c…

physics.optics2025★ 16 cited

Enhanced photon-pair generation from a van der Waals metasurface

Tongmiao Fan, Yilin Tang, Shaun Lung +11

Quantum photon pairs play a pivotal role in many quantum applications. Metasurfaces, two-dimensional arrays of nanostructures, have been studied intensively to enhance and control…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Dynamic Control of Nonlinear Emission by Exciton-Photon Coupling in WS2 Metasurfaces

Mudassar Nauman, Domenico de Ceglia, Jingshi Yan +6

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have demonstrated significant potential as versatile quantum materials for light absorption and emission. Their unique properties are prima…

physics.app-ph2025★ 2 cited

Giant Second Harmonic Generation from 3R-MoS Metasurfaces

Yilin Tang, Hao Qin, Domenico de Ceglia +10

Metasurfaces have long served as a cornerstone technique to enhance nonlinear processes, enabling frequency conversion, efficient light manipulation and integrated photonic devices…

physics.optics2025

Optical Visualization of Carrier Surfing in 2D Monolayers Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves

Xueqian Sun, Shuyao Qiu, Hao Qin +1

Charge carrier transport is pivotal in advancing nanoelectronics. Despite progress in exciton transport within ultra-thin semiconductors, the intertwined transport of free carriers…

physics.optics2024

Quasi-Phase-Matching Enabled by van der Waals Stacking

Yilin Tang, Kabilan Sripathy, Hao Qin +8

Quasi-phase matching (QPM) is a technique extensively utilized in nonlinear optics for enhancing the efficiency and stability of frequency conversion processes. However, the conven…

quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

A Tunable Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Entangled Photon-Pair Source

Maximilian A. Weissflog, Anna Fedotova, Yilin Tang +16

Entangled photon-pair sources are at the core of quantum applications like quantum key distribution, sensing, and imaging. Operation in space-limited and adverse environments such…