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physics.optics2026

Channeling defect emission through topological Jackiw-Rebbi states in hBN

Hugo Quard, Sergei Nedić, Nika Teran +4

When two photonic structures of different topology are joined, an optical mode appears at their junction. Its existence depends only on this topological difference and not on the p…

physics.optics2026

Twist-Reconfigurable van der Waals Moiré Photonic Crystals

Hugo Quard, Jiyun Kim, Anastasiia Zalogina +7

Moiré photonics has emerged as a fascinating concept to design and in situ control of the optical bands. Moiré enabled light localisation arises from the relative twist between per…

physics.optics2026

Mid-Infrared Modulation of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Karin Yamamura, Xinyang Yu, Chaohao Chen +3

Single photon emitters (SPEs) are promising building blocks for practical devices in quantum technologies. Traditionally, these systems are excited using off-resonant visible light…

physics.optics2026

Deterministic integration of quantum emitters and optical cavities in a van der Waals crystal

James Liddle-Wesolowski, Otto Cranwell Schaeper, Nathan Coste +6

Single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) combine bright optical emission with optically addressable spin states, offering a promising platform for integrated quantum…

physics.optics2026

Engineering and Tuning of high quality hexagonal boron nitride nanophotonic resonators

Otto Cranwell Schaeper, Angus Gale, Nathan Coste +4

Van der Waals materials are offering intriguing opportunities as building blocks for advanced quantum information technologies and integrated quantum photonic systems. Critical to…

physics.optics2025

Visible Integrated Photonics with Tantalum Pentoxide

Sergei Nedić, Angus Gale, Hugo Quard +3

Developing chip-scale photonic platforms for the visible spectrum is essential for translating next-generation optical technologies. Here, we demonstrate that tantalum pentoxide Ta…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Valley optoelectronics based on meta-waveguide photodetectors

Chi Li, Kaijian Xing, Wenhao Zhai +10

In transition metal dichalcogenides, the valley degree of freedom directly couples valley-polarised excitons - excited by circularly polarised light - to valley-dependent chiral ph…

physics.optics2025

Quantum Emitters in Rhombohedral Boron Nitride

Angus Gale, Mehran Kianinia, Jake Horder +8

Rhombohedral boron nitride (rBN) is an emerging wide-bandgap van der Waals (vdW) material that combines strong second-order nonlinear optical properties with the structural flexibi…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

A Van der Waals Moiré Bilayer Photonic Crystal Cavity

Lesley Spencer, Nathan Coste, Xueqi Ni +9

Enhancing light-matter interactions with photonic structures is critical in classical and quantum nanophotonics. Recently, Moiré twisted bilayer optical materials have been propose…

physics.optics2025

Electrical Generation of Colour Centres in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Ivan Zhigulin, Gyuna Park, Karin Yamamura +5

Defects in wide band gap crystals have emerged as a promising platform for hosting colour centres that enable quantum photonic applications. Among these, hexagonal boron nitride (h…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

An Inverse Design Wavelength Demultiplexer for On-Chip Photoluminescence Sorting in TMDC Heterostructures

Anastasiia Zalogina, Chi Li, Ivan Zhigulin +7

Emerging two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) offer a promising platform for on-chip integrated photonics because of their unique optical and electronic propert…