Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

High-harmonic spectroscopy probes lattice dynamics

J Zhang, Z Wang, F Lengers, D Wigger, DE Reiter… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The probing of coherent lattice vibrations in solids has conventionally been carried out using
time-resolved transient optical spectroscopy, with which only the relative oscillation …

Quantum control of optically active artificial atoms with surface acoustic waves

M Choquer, M Weiß, EDS Nysten… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are a versatile tool for realizing coherent quantum interfaces
between various solid-state qubits spanning microwave to optical frequencies. Through …

Resonant and phonon-assisted ultrafast coherent control of a single hBN color center

JA Preuss, D Groll, R Schmidt, T Hahn… - Optica, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Single-photon emitters in solid-state systems are important building blocks for scalable
quantum technologies. Recently, quantum light emitters have been discovered in the wide …

On-chip generation and dynamic piezo-optomechanical rotation of single photons

DD Bühler, M Weiß, A Crespo-Poveda… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Integrated photonic circuits are key components for photonic quantum technologies and for
the implementation of chip-based quantum devices. Future applications demand flexible …

Resonance-fluorescence spectral dynamics of an acoustically modulated quantum dot

D Wigger, M Weiß, M Lienhart, K Müller, JJ Finley… - Physical Review …, 2021‏ - APS
Quantum technologies that rely on photonic qubits require a precise controllability of their
properties. For this purpose hybrid approaches are particularly attractive because they offer …

Nonreciprocal phonon blockade in a spinning acoustic ring cavity coupled to a two-level system

XY Yao, H Ali, FL Li, PB Li - Physical Review Applied, 2022‏ - APS
Quantum nonreciprocal devices have received extensive attention in recent years because
they can be used to realize unidirectional quantum routing and noise isolation. In this work …

Unified simulation methods for quantum acoustic devices

H Banderier, M Drimmer, Y Chu - Physical Review Applied, 2023‏ - APS
In circuit quantum acoustodynamics (cQAD), superconducting circuits are combined with
acoustic resonators to create and control nonclassical states of mechanical motion …

How to Read Out the Phonon Number Statistics via Resonance Fluorescence Spectroscopy of a Single‐Photon Emitter

D Groll, F Paschen, P Machnikowski… - Advanced Quantum …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
In today's development of quantum technologies a hybrid integration of phononic excitations
becomes increasingly attractive. As natural quasi‐particle excitations in solid state systems …

Excitons in quantum technologies: The role of strain engineering

I Niehues, EDS Nysten, R Schmidt, M Weiß, D Wigger - MRS Bulletin, 2024‏ - Springer
As quantum communication channels, single photons render an excellent platform, which is
why they are called flying qubits. They are easily transported over long distances via fibers …