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most citedMicroscopic 3D printed optical tweezers for atomic quantum technology

29 citations · 30 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

quant-ph2026

Compact system development of efficient quantum-entangled photon sources towards deployable and industrial devices

Yared G. Zena, Moritz Langer, Ahmad Rahimi +9

Entangled photon pair sources are a key enabling technology for quantum communication and networking, yet their deployment beyond laboratory environments is hindered by system-leve…

quant-ph2025

Efficient fiber coupling of telecom single-photons from circular Bragg gratings

Nam Tran, Pavel Ruchka, Sara Jakovljevic +9

Deterministic sources of quantum light are becoming increasingly relevant in the development of quantum communication, particularly in deployed fiber networks. Therefore, efficient…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Compact vacuum levitation and control platform with a single 3D-printed fiber lens

Seyed Khalil Alavi, Jose Manuel Monterrosas Romero, Pavel Ruchka +3

Levitated dielectric particles in a vacuum have emerged as a new platform in quantum science, with applications ranging from precision acceleration and force sensing to testing qua…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Exciton Energy Routing via Defect Networks in hBN/2D-Perovskite Hybrids

Sara Darbari, Paul Bittorf, Leon Multerer +7

Excitons in two dimensional Ruddlesden Popper perovskites (RPPs) exhibit large and tunable binding energies, making them promising candidates for optoelectronic applications. In pa…

quant-ph2025

An ultra-compact deterministic source of maximally entangled photon pairs

M. Langer, P. Ruchka, A. Rahimi +9

We present an ultra-compact source of maximally entangled on-demand photon pairs. Our results are based on coupling of single GaAs quantum dots that are embedded in monolithic micr…

physics.optics2025

A Multi-Dimensional Cathodoluminescence Detector with 3D Printed Micro-Optics on a Fiber

Paul H. Bittorf, Filip Majstorovic, Pavel Ruchka +2

Cathodoluminescence, i.e. the radiation caused by the interaction of high-energy electron beams with matter, has gained a major interest in the analysis of minerals, semiconductors…

physics.optics2024

3D-printed axicon enables extended depth-of-focus intravascular optical coherence tomography

Pavel Ruchka, Alok Kushwaha, Jessica A. Marathe +12

A fundamental challenge in endoscopy is how to fabricate a small fiber-optic probe that can achieve comparable function to probes with large, complicated optics (e.g., high resolut…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 29 cited

Microscopic 3D printed optical tweezers for atomic quantum technology

Pavel Ruchka, Sina Hammer, Marian Rockenhäuser +5

Trapping of single ultracold atoms is an important tool for applications ranging from quantum computation and communication to sensing. However, most experimental setups, while ver…