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7 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

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

Paweł Wyborski, Athanasios Paralikis, Pietro Metuh +4

Single-photon sources operating in the telecom band are fundamental components for long-distance optical quantum communication and information processing. Two-dimensional (2D) tran…

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

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…