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most citedTailoring Polarization in WSe Quantum Emitters through Deterministic Strain Engineering

29 citations · 65 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

Industry-ready spin-photon interfaces for hybrid photonic quantum computing

Hêlio Huet, Hubert Lam, Thibaut Pollet +45

Hybrid photonic quantum computers, combining stationary matter qubits and flying photonic qubits, offer an intrinsically networked and resource-efficient route to large-scale, erro…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Coherent dynamics of individual excitons in a quantum dot embedded in a nanopost

Maxime Gaignard, Karolina Ewa Polczynska, Niels Gregersen +5

We measured coherent ultrafast dynamics of exciton complexes in a single strongly-confined InAs quantum dot embedded in a GaAs nanopost. Such a photonic structure combines a wave g…

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

Exciton and biexciton preparation via coherent swing-up excitation in a GaAs quantum dot embedded in micropillar cavity

Claudia Piccinini, Aleksander Rodek, Abdulmalik A. Madigawa +9

Coherent control of quantum emitters is essential for scalable quantum photonic technologies. The recently proposed swing-up of quantum emitter (SUPER) scheme allows efficient and…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Theory of single-photon emission from neutral and charged excitons in a polarization-selective cavity

Luca Vannucci, Niels Gregersen

Single-photon sources based on neutral or charged excitons in a semiconductor quantum dot are attractive resources for photonic quantum computers and simulators. To obtain indistin…

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…

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…

physics.optics2025★ 3 cited

Deterministic fabrication of GaAs-quantum-dot micropillar single-photon sources

Abdulmalik A. Madigawa, Martin Arentoft Jacobsen, Claudia Piccinini +6

This study investigates the performance of droplet-etched GaAs quantum dots (QDs) integrated into micropillar structures using a deterministic fabrication technique. We demonstrate…

quant-ph2024

Photonic "hourglass" design beyond the standard bulk model of phonon decoherence

José Ferreira Neto, Benedek Gaál, Luca Vannucci +1

We study the impact of mechanical vibrations on the performance of the photonic "hourglass" structure, which is predicted to emit single photons on-demand with near-unity efficienc…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 4 cited

One-dimensional photonic wire as a single-photon source: Implications of cavity QED to a phonon bath of reduced dimensionality

José Ferreira Neto, Matias Bundgaard-Nielsen, Niels Gregersen +1

While the semiconductor quantum dot placed in a solid-state material allows for deterministic emission of single photons, the photon indistinguishability is strongly influenced by…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

SUPER excitation of quantum emitters is a multi-photon process

Luca Vannucci, Niels Gregersen

The swing-up of quantum emitter population (SUPER) scheme allows to populate the excited state of a quantum emitter with near-unity fidelity using two red-detuned laser pulses. Its…

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…