The quest for realizing and manipulating ever smaller man-made movable structures and
dynamical machines has spurred tremendous endeavors, led to important discoveries, and …

Epitaxial quantum dots formed by III–V compound semiconductors are excellent sources of
non-classical photons, creating single photons and entangled multi-photon states on …

Solar-heating catalysis has the potential to realize zero artificial energy consumption, which
is restricted by the low ambient solar heating temperatures of photothermal materials. Here …

It is an open question whether mechanical resonators can be made nonlinear with vibrations
approaching the quantum ground state. This requires the engineering of a mechanical …

Quantum networks enable a broad range of practical and fundamental applications
spanning from distributed quantum computing to sensing and metrology. A cornerstone of …

Emitter dephasing is one of the key issues in the performance of solid-state single-photon
sources. Among the various sources of dephasing, acoustic phonons play a central role in …

A promising route towards the deterministic creation and annihilation of single-phonons is to
couple a single-photon emitter to a mechanical resonator. The challenge lies in reaching the …

We propose a loop-coupled hybrid nanomechanical resonator (NR) system, in which a two-
level quantum dot is embedded into a doubly clamped NR coupled to another two NRs, and …

A photonic wire antenna embedding individual quantum dots (QDs) constitutes a promising
platform for both quantum photonics and hybrid nanomechanics. We demonstrate here an …

Genuine quantum-mechanical effects are readily observable in modern optomechanical
systems comprising “classical”(bosonic) optical resonators. Unique features and advantages …