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6 papers

physics.optics2026

Metasurfaces for neutral-atom trapping

Chengyu Fang, Minjeong Kim, Mark Saffman +2

Trapped neutral atoms are one of the leading platforms for quantum information technologies, in particular for quantum computing, but scaling them to array sizes needed for utility…

physics.optics2026

Silicon-on-sapphire metasurfaces generate arrays of dark and bright traps for neutral atoms

Chengyu Fang, Minjeong Kim, Hongyan Mei +10

We demonstrated crystalline silicon-on-sapphire (c-SOS) metasurfaces that convert a Gaussian beam into arrays of complex optical traps, including arrays of optical bottle beams tha…

quant-ph2026

Laser cooling and qubit measurements on a forbidden transition in neutral Cs atoms

J. Scott, H. M. Lim, U. Singla +6

We experimentally demonstrate background-free, hyperfine-level-selective measurements of individual Cs atoms by simultaneous cooling to and imaging on the $6s_{1/2}\r…

physics.optics2025

Efficient simulation framework for modeling collective emission in ensembles of inhomogeneous solid-state emitters

Qingyi Zhou, Wenxin Wu, Maryam Zahedian +2

An efficient simulation framework is proposed to model collective emission in disordered ensembles of quantum emitters. Using a cumulant expansion approach, the computational compl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Tuning the surface energy of fluorinated diamond-like carbon coatings via plasma immersion ion implantation plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane

Yuhan Tong, Maryam Zahedian, Aiping Zeng +6

We demonstrate an environmentally friendly and scalable method to create fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) coatings using plasma immersion ion implantation plasma-enhanced…

physics.optics2025

Broadband light extraction from near-surface NV centers using crystalline-silicon antennas

Minjeong Kim, Maryam Zahedian, Wenxin Wu +9

We use crystalline silicon (Si) antennas to efficiently extract broadband single-photon fluorescence from shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond into free space. Our desi…