3 papers
physics.app-ph2026
Epitaxial Growth of Ultra-smooth -NbN Thin Films on TiN-Buffered Sapphire by Room-Temperature Sputtering
Swagata Bhunia, Aakash Shandilya, Sounak Samanta +7
The phase of Niobium Nitride (NbN) is a promising superconducting material, which is chemically stable and shares lattice compatibility with conventional III-Nitride semicondu…
cond-mat.mes-hall2026
Quantifying Strain and its Effect on Charge Transport in Ge/Si Core/Shell Nanowires
Aswathi K. Sivan, Nicolas Forrer, Aakash Shandilya +12
Strain engineering in semiconductor nanostructures offers a promising route to optimize electronic and optical properties for advanced quantum technologies. This study explores the…
cond-mat.mes-hall2024
Unifying recent experiments on spin-valley locking in TMDC quantum dots
Aakash Shandilya, Sundeep Kapila, Radha Krishnan +2
The spin-valley or Kramers qubit promises significantly enhanced spin-valley lifetimes due to strong coupling of the electrons' spin to their momentum (valley) degrees of freedom.…