activity
20242026
most citedTailoring Polarization in WSe Quantum Emitters through Deterministic Strain Engineering

29 citations · 54 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

9 papers

physics.optics2026

An integrated all-van der Waals nanobeam laser

Aris Koulas-Simos, Pietro Metuh, Athanasios Paralikis +7

Transition-metal dichalcogenides offer a promising platform for integrated coherent light sources, yet lasing has largely relied on hybrid photonic architectures without direct qua…

physics.optics2025

Integrated on-chip quantum light sources on a van der Waals platform

Pietro Metuh, Paweł Wyborski, Athanasios Paralikis +4

Scalable photonic quantum information technologies require a platform combining quantum light sources, waveguides, and detectors on a single chip. Here, we introduce a van der Waal…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Toward triggered generation of indistinguishable single-photons from MoTe quantum emitters

Paweł Wyborski, Athanasios Paralikis, Pietro Metuh +5

Single-photon sources operating at telecom wavelengths are fundamental components for long-distance optical quantum communication and information processing. Two-dimensional (2D) t…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Single-Photon Detection in Few-Layer NbSe Superconducting Nanowires

Lucio Zugliani, Alessandro Palermo, Bianca Scaparra +11

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) are key building blocks for photonic quantum technologies due to their ability to detect single photons with ultra-high ef…

physics.optics2025

Tunable and low-noise WSe quantum emitters for quantum photonics

Athanasios Paralikis, Pawel Wyborski, Pietro Metuh +2

Low-noise and tunable single-photon sources are essential components of photonic quantum technologies. However, in WSe quantum emitters, charge noise from fluctuations in their…

physics.optics2025★ 4 cited

Toward single-photon detection with superconducting niobium diselenide nanowires

Pietro Metuh, Athanasios Paralikis, Paweł Wyborski +9

We present superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on few-layer NbSe fully encapsulated with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), demonstrating single-photon…

quant-ph2024★ 8 cited

High-purity and stable single-photon emission in bilayer WSe via phonon-assisted excitation

Claudia Piccinini, Athanasios Paralikis, José Ferreira Neto +6

The excitation scheme is essential for single-photon sources, as it governs exciton preparation, decay dynamics, and the spectral diffusion of emitted photons. While phonon-assiste…

physics.optics2024★ 29 cited

Tailoring Polarization in WSe Quantum Emitters through Deterministic Strain Engineering

Athanasios Paralikis, Claudia Piccinini, Abdulmalik A. Madigawa +4

Quantum emitters in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have recently emerged as a promising platform for generating single photons for optical quantum information processing.…

quant-ph2024★ 12 cited

Single-photon emitters in WSe: Critical role of phonons on excitation schemes and indistinguishability

Luca Vannucci, José Ferreira Neto, Claudia Piccinini +3

Within optical quantum information processing, single-photon sources based on a two-level system in a semiconductor material allow for on-demand generation of single photons. To in…