Publications
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). Inkjet-printed waveguide-coupled passive wedge-shaped microdisk resonator with refractive index tunability. Optical Materials Express, 14(7), 1767–1778. doi: 10.1364/OME.528582.
- . (). Analyzing the Effective Use of Augmented Reality Glasses in University Physics Laboratory Courses for the Example Topic of Optical Polarization. Journal of Science Education and Technology. doi: 10.1007/s10956-024-10112-0. [accepted / in Press (not yet published)]
- . (). Accelerating Finite-Difference Frequency-Domain Simulations for Inverse Design Problems in Nanophotonics using Deep Learning . Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 41(4), 1039–1046. doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.506159.
- . (). High-quality factor Ta2O5-on-insulator resonators with ultimate thermal stability. Optics Letters, 48(21), 5783–5786. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.499726.
- . (). Toward integrated tantalum pentoxide optical parametric oscillators. Optics Letters, 48(17), 4621–4624. doi: 10.1364/OL.496990.
- . (). Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Devices using Dynamic Binarization. Optics Express, 31(10), 15747–15756. doi: 10.1364/OE.484484.
- . (). Scaling waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detector solutions to large numbers of independent optical channels. Review of Scientific Instruments, 94(1), 013103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0114903.
- Ultrafast quantum key distribution using fully parallelized quantum channels. Optics Express, 31(2), 2675–2688. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.469053. ().
- . (). Seeing the unseen – enhancing and evaluating undergraduate polarization experiments with interactive Mixed-Reality technology. European Journal of Physics, 44(6), 065701. doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/acf0a7.
- . (). Adaptive Photo-Chemical Nonlinearities for Optical Neural Networks. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(12), Article 2300229. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300229 .
- . (). Adaptive Photochemical Nonlinearities for Optical Neural Networks. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(12). doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300229.
- . (). Cryo-compatible opto-mechanical low-voltage phase-modulator integrated with superconducting single-photon detectors. Optics Express, 30(17), 30066–30074. doi: 10.1364/OE.462163.
- . (). Materials and devices for fundamental quantum science and quantum technologies. arXiv, 2022, 2201.09260. [submitted / under review]
- Single photon emission from individual nanophotonic-integrated colloidal quantum dots. ACS Photonics, 9(2), 551–558. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01493. ().
- . (). 2022 Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 4, 012501. doi: 10.1088/2515-7647/ac1ef4.
- . (). Detector-integrated on-chip QKD receiver for GHz clock rates. npj Quantum Information, 7, 40. doi: 10.1038/s41534-021-00373-7.
- . (). Optoelectromechanical phase shifter with low insertion loss and a 13π tuning range. Optics Express, 29(4), 5525–5537. doi: 10.1364/OE.413202.
- . (). Broadband waveguide-integrated superconducting single-photon detectors with high system detection efficiency. Applied Physics Letters, 118(15), 154004. doi: 10.1063/5.0046057.
- . (). Single-photon detection and cryogenic reconfigurability in lithium niobate nanophotonic circuits. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6847–6847. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27205-8.
- . (). Integration of diamond-based quantum emitters with nanophotonic circuits. Nano Letters, 20(11), 8170–8177. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03262.
- . (). Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with tantalum pentoxide waveguides. Scientific Reports, 10, 17170. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74426-w.
- . (). Tantalum pentoxide nanophotonic circuits for integrated quantum technology. Optics Express, 28(8), 11921–11932. doi: 10.1364/OE.388080.
- . (). Energy-level quantization and single-photon control of phase slips in YBa2Cu3O7–x nanowires. Nature Communications, 11, 763. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14548-x.
- . (). Amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with nanophotonic waveguides. APL Photonics, 5(7), 076106. doi: 10.1063/5.0004677.
- . (). Photophysics of single nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds coupled to photonic crystal cavities. arXiv, 2020, 2011.11111. [submitted / under review]
- . (). Optimal photonic crystal cavities for coupling nanoemitters to photonic integrated circuits. Advanced Quantum Technologies, 3(2), 1900084. doi: 10.1002/qute.201900084.
- . (). Broadband out-of-plane coupling at visible wavelengths. Optics Letters, 44(20), 5089–5092. doi: 10.1364/OL.44.005089.
- . (). Waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Nanophotonics, 7(11), 1725–1758. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2018-0059.
- Experimental evidence for hotspot and phase-slip mechanisms of voltage switching in ultrathin YBa2Cu3O7–x nanowires. Physical Review B, 98, 054505. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.054505. ().
- . (). Parametric down-conversion photon-pair source on a nanophotonic chip. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16249. doi: 10.1038/lsa.2016.249.
- . (). Design and characterization of integrated components for SiN photonic quantum circuits. Optics Express, 24(7), 6843. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.006843.
- . (). Quantum interference in heterogeneously integrated superconducting-photonic circuits on a silicon chip. Nature Communications, 7, 10352. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10352.
- . (). Integrated photonics circuits in gallium nitride and aluminum nitride. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 23(01n02), 1450001. doi: 10.1142/S0129156414500013.
- . (). On-chip interaction-free measurements via the quantum Zeno effect. Physical Review A, 90(4), 042109. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.042109.
- . (). Waveguide integrated low noise NbTiN nanowire single-photon detectors with milli-Hz dark count rate. Scientific Reports, 3, 1893. doi: 10.1038/srep01893.
- . (). Optical time domain reflectometry with low noise waveguide-coupled superconducting single photon detectors. Applied Physics Letters, 102(19), 191104. doi: 10.1063/1.4803011.
- . (). NbTiN superconducting nanowire detectors for visible and telecom wavelengths single photon counting on Si3N4 photonic circuits. Applied Physics Letters, 102(5), 051101. doi: 10.1063/1.4788931.
- . (). Matrix of integrated superconducting single-photon detectors with high timing resolution. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 23(3), 2201007. doi: 10.1109/TASC.2013.2239346.
- . (). Aluminum nitride piezo-acousto-photonic crystal nanocavity with high quality factors. Applied Physics Letters, 102(15), 153507. doi: 10.1063/1.4802250.
- . (). Nonlinear optical effects of ultrahigh-Q silicon photonic nanocavities immersed in superfluid helium. Scientific Reports, 3, 1436. doi: 10.1038/srep01436.
- . (). High-efficiency, ultrafast single-photon detectors integrated with nanophotonic circuits. Nature Communications, 3, 1325. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2307.
- . (). Aluminum nitride as a new material for chip-scale optomechanics and nonlinear optics. New Journal of Physics, 14(9), 095014. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095014.
- . (). Second harmonic generation in phase matched aluminum nitride waveguides and micro-ring resonators. Applied Physics Letters, 100(22), 223501. doi: 10.1063/1.4722941.
- . (). High-Q aluminum nitride photonic crystal nanobeam cavities. Applied Physics Letters, 100(9), 091105. doi: 10.1063/1.3690888.
- . (). Integrated GaN photonic circuits on silicon (100) for second harmonic generation. Optics Express, 19(11), 10462. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.010462.
- . (). Carrier and thermal dynamics of silicon photonic resonators at cryogenic temperatures. Optics Express, 19(4), 3290. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.003290.
- . (). Heralded single-photon absorption by a single atom. Nature Physics, 7(1), 17. doi: 10.1038/nphys1805.
- . (). Two-color photoionization of calcium using SHG and LED light. Applied Physics B, 100(4), 765. doi: 10.1007/s00340-010-4086-7.
- . (). Polarization-correlated photon pairs from a single ion. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 27(6), A81. doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000A81.
- . (). A diode laser stabilization scheme for 40Ca+ single ion spectroscopy. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 43, 115401. doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/11/115401.
- . (). Resonant interaction of a single atom with single photons from a down-conversion source. Physical Review A, 81(1), 011802(R). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.011802.
- . (). Bandwidth-Tunable Single-Photon Source in an Ion-Trap Quantum Network. Physical Review Letters, 103(21), 213601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.213601.
- . (). Quantum interference from remotely trapped ions. New Journal of Physics, 11(1), 013032. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013032.
- . (). Entanglement of distant atoms by projective measurement: the role of detection efficiency. New Journal of Physics, 10(10), 103003. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/103003.
- . (). Complete Deterministic Linear Optics Bell State Analysis. Physical Review Letters, 96(19), 190501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.190501.
Conferences
Monografien
Poster
Publikationen
- Nanophotonic Functionalities and Single Photon Detection for Integrated Quantum Photonics (invited) In: PSC 2024, Bridgetown. . doi: 10.1109/SUM60964.2024.10614563.
- Inkjet-printed waveguide-coupled passive wedge-shaped microdisk resonator with refractive index tunability . In: Optical Materials Express 14 (), No. - 7, pp. 1767–1778. doi: 10.1364/OME.528582.
- Quantum Sensing with waveguide- integrated Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (invited) In: International Conference “Quantum sensing”, Paris. .
- Analyzing the Effective Use of Augmented Reality Glasses in University Physics Laboratory Courses for the Example Topic of Optical Polarization . In: Journal of Science Education and Technology (). doi: 10.1007/s10956-024-10112-0. [accepted / in Press (not yet published)]
- Accelerating Finite-Difference Frequency-Domain Simulations for Inverse Design Problems in Nanophotonics using Deep Learning . In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B 41 (), No. - 4, pp. 1039–1046. doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.506159.
- Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance in Microdiamonds Embedded in Polymer Waveguides In: DPG Frühjahrstagung Freiburg 2024, Freiburg. .
- Integration of photonic integrated circuit functionalities with superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (invited) In: SPIE Quantum West 2024, San Francisco. . doi: 10.1117/12.3012124.
- Creation of a single SiV center in nanodiamond by ion implantation In: DPG Frühjahrstagung Freiburg 2024, Freiburg. .
- Time-Bin QKD with Wavelength-Division Multiplexing In: DPG Frühjahrstagung Freiburg 2024, Freiburg. .
- Engineering subwavelength-grating photonic integrated structures for quantum applications (invited) In: SPIE Photonics West 2024, San Francisco. . doi: 10.1117/12.3002731.
- Integrating Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors with Nanophotonic Circuit Functionalities (invited) In: (Ed.): ISEC 2023. Nanjing, . p. 1.
- High-quality factor Ta2O5-on-insulator resonators with ultimate thermal stability . In: Optics Letters 48 (), No. - 21, pp. 5783–5786. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.499726.
- Photonic integrated quantum communication receivers with superconducting nanowire detectors In: EQTC 2023, Hannover. .
- Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated in sub-wavelength grating metamaterial waveguides In: EQTC 2023, Hannover. .
- Toward integrated tantalum pentoxide optical parametric oscillators . In: Optics Letters 48 (), No. - 17, pp. 4621–4624. doi: 10.1364/OL.496990.
- Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Devices using Dynamic Binarization . In: Optics Express 31 (), No. - 10, pp. 15747–15756. doi: 10.1364/OE.484484.
- Scaling waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detector solutions to large numbers of independent optical channels . In: Review of Scientific Instruments 94 (), No. - 1, p. 013103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0114903.
- Ultrafast quantum key distribution using fully parallelized quantum channels . In: Optics Express 31 (), No. - 2, pp. 2675–2688. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.469053.
- Seeing the unseen – enhancing and evaluating undergraduate polarization experiments with interactive Mixed-Reality technology . In: European Journal of Physics 44 (), No. - 6, p. 065701. doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/acf0a7.
- Enhancing the Performance of Waveguide-Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Using Subwavelength Grating Metamaterials In: (Ed.): 23rd ICTON 2023. Bucharest, Romania : Wiley-IEEE Press. , . pp. 1–4. doi: 10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207265.
- Waveguide-Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Arrays for Single Photon Detection with Number-Resolution In: (Ed.): CLEO 2023. San Jose: Optica. , . p. FM2E.3. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_FS.2023.FM2E.3.
- Active Clad Microring Laser with Diffraction Grating for Mutual Coupling of Radial Direction Mode and {WGM} In: (Ed.): CLEO & EQEC Europe 2023 . Munich, Gemany: Wiley-IEEE Press. , . ISBN 979-8-3503-4599-5. p. 1. doi: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232578.
- Ultrasmall Submicrometer Sized Periodic Deposition on the Si3N4 Microring with Nanodispensing Technique In: (Ed.): CLEO Europe & EQEC 2023. Munich, Gemany: Wiley-IEEE Press. , . p. 1. doi: 10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232309.
- Decreasing SNSPD Jitter to Sub-3 ps Upon Increased Photon Illumination In: (Ed.): CLEO 2023 (2023), paper SM4G.3. San Jose: Optica. , . p. SM4G.3. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.SM4G.3.
- A Universal Approach to Nanophotonic Inverse Design through Reinforcement Learning In: (Ed.): CLEO 2023, paper STh4G.3. San Jose: Optica. , . p. STh4G.3. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh4G.3.
- Integrating large numbers of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with nanophotonic waveguides In: (Ed.): Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII. San Francisco, United States: SPIE. , . p. 34. doi: 10.1117/12.2655450.
- Single-photon generation and manipulation in photonic integrated circuits In: (Ed.): Quantum Computing, Communication, and Simulation III. San Francisco: SPIE. , . pp. PC124461–PC1244615. doi: 10.1117/12.2657902.
- Deep Learning Accelerated FDFD Simulations in Context of Inverse-Design Algorithms In: (Ed.): Quantenoptik und Photonik. Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Fabrication of Computer-Generated Nanophotonic Devices In: (Ed.): Quantenoptik und Photonik. Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Teaching Quantum Optics and Quantum Cryptography with Augmented Reality Enhanced Experiments In: (Ed.): Q 23 Optomechanics I & Optovibronics . Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- A Novel Approach to Nanophotonic Black-Box Optimization Through Reinforcement Learning In: (Ed.): Q 30 Nano-optics. Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Waveguide-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors enhanced by subwavelength grating metamaterials In: (Ed.): Quantum Optics: Cavity and Waveguide QED II. Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- The Twente-Münster high-speed quantum key distribution link In: (Ed.): Poster II (joint session QI/Q). Hannover, . p. 1.
- Waveguide-Intergrated Superconducting Nanowire Avalanche Single-Photon Detectors In: (Ed.): Integrated Photonics II (joint session Q/QI). Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Multi-channel waveguide-integrated single photon sources In: (Ed.): Single Quantum Emitters (joint session Q/QI). Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- 3D Printed Optical Waveguide Structures with Microdiamonds containing NV Centers In: (Ed.): Quantenoptik und Photonik. Hannover: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Adaptive Photo-Chemical Nonlinearities for Optical Neural Networks . In: Advanced Intelligent Systems 5 (), No. - 12, , 2300229. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300229 .
- High bandwidth photon detection enabled by a massively parallelized system In: (Ed.): Quantum Computing, Communication, and Simulation II. 1. Aufl. San Francisco: SPIE. , . p. 1. doi: 10.1117/12.2608713. [accepted / in Press (not yet published)]
- Activation Functions in Non-Negative Neural Networks In: Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences Workshop, NeurIPS, New Orleans. .
- Adaptive Photochemical Nonlinearities for Optical Neural Networks . In: Advanced Intelligent Systems 5 (), No. - 12. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300229.
- Combinatorial Optimization via Memory Metropolis: Template Networks for Proposal Distributions in Simulated Annealing applied to Nanophotonic Inverse Design In: Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on AI for Accelerated Materials Design (AI4Mat-2023), New Orleans. .
- Synchronously Pumped Tantalum Pentoxide Waveguide-based Optical Parametric Oscillator In: (Eds.): Proceedings of 10th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources (EUROPHOTON 2022). Les Ulis: EDP Sciences. , . p. 02024. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202226702024.
- Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on Tantalum Pentoxide Waveguides In: (Ed.): Proceedings of the Advanced Photonics Congress 2022. Maastricht: Optica. , . ISBN 978-1-957171-16-6. p. JTh4A.2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/BGPPM.2022.JTh4A.2.
- Cryo-compatible opto-mechanical low-voltage phase-modulator integrated with superconducting single-photon detectors . In: Optics Express 30 (), No. - 17, pp. 30066–30074. doi: 10.1364/OE.462163.
- Optical parametric oscillators based on integrated waveguides In: PhoenixD Laser Day 2022, Hannover. .
- Materials and devices for fundamental quantum science and quantum technologies . In: arXiv 2022 (), p. 2201.09260. [submitted / under review]
- Single photon emission from individual nanophotonic-integrated colloidal quantum dots . In: ACS Photonics 9 (), No. - 2, pp. 551–558. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01493.
- 2022 Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics . In: Journal of Physics: Photonics 4 (), p. 012501. doi: 10.1088/2515-7647/ac1ef4.
- Exploration wichtiger ästhetischer Qualitäten der Wissenschaftsillustration am Beispiel von MR- AR- und Web3DApplikationen zur Präsentation von Experimenten in der Quantenphysik In: DPG-Frühjahrstagung, virtuell. .
- Direct printing of organic micro-disk cavity lasers on waveguides in optical integrated circuits In: (Ed.): Proceedings of the CLEO Pacific Rim (2022), paper CTuP11E\_03. Sapporo : Optica. , . p. 03. doi: 10.1364/CLEOPR.2022.CTuP11E_03.
- On-chip integration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors and reconfigurable optical circuits in lithium-niobate-on-insulator waveguides In: (Ed.): Quantum Technologies 2022. Straßburg: SPIE. , . p. 1213304. doi: 10.1117/12.2621288.
- Ultra-fast single-photon counting with waveguide-integrated detectors for quantum technologies In: (Ed.): Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XVI. Orlando: SPIE. , . p. 1208907. doi: 10.1117/12.2620329.
- SPIE Proceedings 12009-66: Multi-channel waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detector system for ultrafast quantum key distribution In: (Eds.): Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. online: SPIE. , . ISBN 978-151064889-0. p. 179357. doi: 10.1117/12.2609887.
- Fabrication of NbTiN Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors using Helium-Focused Ion Beam In: (Ed.): Q 11 Quantum Technologies II. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 2.
- Development of a nanophotonic nonlinear unit for optical artificial neural networks In: (Ed.): Q 31 Photonics I. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . pp. 8–9.
- Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Devices based on Reinforcement Learning In: (Ed.): Q 38 Photonics II. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 2.
- Colloidal quantum dots as integrated single photon sources In: (Ed.): Q 53 Nano-Optics II. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 4.
- Waveguide-Intergrated Superconducting Nanowire Avalanche Single-Photon Detectors In: (Ed.): Q 40 Optomechanics and Photonics. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 11.
- High-yield placement of colloidal quantum dot single-photon sources on nanophotonic chips In: (Ed.): Q 41 Nano-Optics. Erlangen: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 12.
- Die Rolle räumlicher Kontiguität beim Lernen am Experiment In: (Ed.): DD 3 Neue / digitale Medien – Konzeption. Heidelberg: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 3.
- Technische Entwicklung eines Augmented-Reality-Experiments zu polarisationsverschränkten Photonenpaaren In: (Ed.): DD 17 Neue / digitale Medien – AR. Heidelberg: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 1.
- Exploration wichtiger ästhetischer Qualitäten der Wissenschaftsillustration am Beispiel von MR- AR- und Web3D-Applikationen zur Präsentation von Experimenten in der Quantenphysik In: (Ed.): DD 37 Postersession 2: Präsentation von Experimenten. Heidelberg: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. , . p. 2.
- Monolithic integration of single-photon detectors with low-loss reconfigurable LNOI optical circuits In: (Ed.): Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. San Jose: Optica. , . p. FF4J.3. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2022.FF4J.3.
- Integrated Slot Waveguide-Based Phase Shifter In: (Ed.): Light-Matter Interactions Towards the Nanoscale. Dordrecht: Springer. , ({NATO} Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics). ISBN 978-94-024-2138-5. pp. 259–262. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-2138-5_18.
- Detector-integrated on-chip QKD receiver for GHz clock rates . In: npj Quantum Information 7 (), p. 40. doi: 10.1038/s41534-021-00373-7.
- Optoelectromechanical phase shifter with low insertion loss and a 13π tuning range . In: Optics Express 29 (), No. - 4, pp. 5525–5537. doi: 10.1364/OE.413202.
- Broadband waveguide-integrated superconducting single-photon detectors with high system detection efficiency . In: Applied Physics Letters 118 (), No. - 15, p. 154004. doi: 10.1063/5.0046057.
- Single-photon detection and cryogenic reconfigurability in lithium niobate nanophotonic circuits . In: Nature Communications 12 (), No. - 1, p. 6847. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27205-8.
- Physikalische Modelle erfahrbar machen - Mixed Reality im Praktikum In: (Eds.): PhyDid B. Berlin, . pp. 415–420.
- Multi-channel quantum communication receiver made from waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021, Washington. . doi: 10.1364/OFC.2021.M3B.5.
- Integration of colloidal quantum dots with nanophotonic circuits In: (Ed.): Quantum Nanophotonic Materials, Devices, and Systems 2021. San Diego: SPIE. , . pp. 15–21. doi: 10.1117/12.2594694.
- Integrated Low Loss MEMS Phase Shifter with Single- Photon Detection In: (Ed.): Photonics in Switching and Computing 2021 (2021), paper Tu3A.4. Washington: Optica. , . p. Tu3A.4. doi: 10.1364/PSC.2021.Tu3A.4.
- Waveguide-integrated single-photon detectors with high system detection efficiency and photon number resolution In: (Ed.): Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021 (2021), paper FM1C.2. Washington: Optica. , . p. FM1C.2. doi: 10.1364/FIO.2021.FM1C.2.
- Colloidal quantum dots as single-photon sources for photonic integrated circuits In: (Ed.): {OSA} Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 (2021), paper IW1A.5. Washington: Optica. , . p. IW1A.5. doi: 10.1364/IPRSN.2021.IW1A.5.
- Simulation, fabrication and control of nanophotonic circuits including diamond-based quantum emitters In: (Ed.): Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2021), paper JW4L.7. San Jose: Optica. , . p. JW4L.7. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2021.JW4L.7.
- Integration of diamond-based quantum emitters with nanophotonic circuits . In: Nano Letters 20 (), No. - 11, pp. 8170–8177. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03262.
- Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with tantalum pentoxide waveguides . In: Scientific Reports 10 (), p. 17170. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74426-w.
- Tantalum pentoxide nanophotonic circuits for integrated quantum technology . In: Optics Express 28 (), No. - 8, pp. 11921–11932. doi: 10.1364/OE.388080.
- Energy-level quantization and single-photon control of phase slips in YBa2Cu3O7–x nanowires . In: Nature Communications 11 (), p. 763. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14548-x.
- Design of a cryogenic Low Noise Amplifier In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Integration of organic macromolecular compounds with nanophotonic waveguides In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Optimal Photonic Crystal Cavities for Coupling Nanoemitters to Photonic Integrated Circuits In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Cavity coupled nano scale quantum emitter for integrated photonic circuits In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Nanophotonic inverse design: A dynamic binarization function for the "objective-first" algorithm In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Nanophotonic tantalum pentoxide devices for integrated quantum technology In: DPG Sprin Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with nanophotonic waveguides In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Waveguide integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors made from NbTiN thin films In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Waveguide Integrated Superconducting Single-Photon Detector Array for Ultra-Fast Quantum Optics Experiments In: DPG Spring Meeting 2020, Hannover. .
- Amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with nanophotonic waveguides . In: APL Photonics 5 (), No. - 7, p. 076106. doi: 10.1063/5.0004677.
- MiReQu – Mixed Reality Lernumgebungen zur Förderung fachlicher Kompetenzentwicklung in den Quantentechnologien In: (Hrsg.): PhyDid B. Berlin, . S. 451–459.
- Photophysics of single nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds coupled to photonic crystal cavities . In: arXiv 2020 (), p. 2011.11111. [submitted / under review]
- Waveguide-Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector Array for Ultra-Fast Quantum Key Distribution In: (Ed.): Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS. San Jose: Wiley-IEEE Press. , . ISBN 978-194358076-7. p. 163003.
- Broadband fiber-to-chip coupling in different wavelength regimes realized by 3D-structures In: (Ed.): Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2020), paper JTh2B.22. Washington: Optica. , . p. JTh2B.22. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2020.JTh2B.22.
- Parallelizing single-photon detection for ultra-fast quantum key distribution In: Qcrypt 2020, virtuell. .
- Optimal photonic crystal cavities for coupling nanoemitters to photonic integrated circuits . In: Advanced Quantum Technologies 3 (), No. - 2, p. 1900084. doi: 10.1002/qute.201900084.
- Quantum computational supremacy (invited) In: General Physical Colloquium, Münster, Germany. .
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Talks
Wissenschaftliche Vorträge
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Quantentechnologie mit integrierten photonischen Quellen, Schaltkreisen und supraleitenden Detektoren’. IPHT Colloquium (Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology), Jena, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): „Die Zweite Quantenrevolution: Gesellschaftliche Bedeutung von Quantentechnologien“. DPG-Lehrerfortbildung (Low-Cost Schülerexperimente zur Quantentechnologie) (Physikzentrum Bad Honnef), Bad Honnef, .
- Schuck, Carsten; (): ‘Quantum Technology with Photonic Integrated Sources, Circuits, and Superconducting Detectors’. Joan van der Waals Colloquium (Leiden Institue of Physics), Leiden, .
- Schuck, Carsten; (): ‘Integrating Single Photon Sources, Circuits, and Detectors on Quantum Photonic Chips’. Center for Optical Sciences Seminar (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Hong Kong, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Nano- and Microscale devices for integrated photonics and quantum technology’. Nano-Micro-Lithography Symposium (Raith, Nanoscribe, micro resist technology, GenISys), Center of Soft Nanoscience, University Münster, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrating single-photon sources, circuits and detectors on quantum photonic chips’. TUe Integrated Photonics Retreat 2023 (Eindhoven University of Technology ), Deurne, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Superconducting single-photon detectors beyond quantum technology applications’. Symposium LowRad – Low Radon in Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments (Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Münster), Center of Soft Nanoscience, Universität Münster, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Applications and implementations of neural networks in photonics’. Workshop on Artificial 'Intelligence' and 'Intelligent' Matter? An Interdisciplinary Perspective (ZfW, BMBF-InterKI-WWU, SFB Intelligent Matter), University of Münster, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrated quantum photonics’. Schottky Seminars, Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, München, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Nanophotonic devices for quantum information processing’. IEEE International Nanodevices and Computing Conference, INC 2019, MINATEC, Grenoble, Frankreich, .
- Schrinner, Philip (): ‘Integration of quantum emitters with SiN photonic circuits’. DPG-Frühjahrstagung 2019, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrated Quantum Photonics on Silicon Chips’. DPG-Frühjahrstagung 2019, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): „Integrierte Quantentechnologie“. CeNTech Science Breakfast: R&D in the Science Park, Center for NanoTechnology, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘III-nitride nanophotonics for integrated quantum technology’. CRHEA Seminar (CRHEA-CNRS), CRHEA-CNRS, Valbonne, Frankreich, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Lensless imaging of neurons & ultra-fast single-photon detection’. Nano Meets Medicine, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, WWU Münster, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrated Quantum Photonics on Silicon Chips’. European Conference on Integrated Optics, ECIO 2018, Ploytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spanien, .
- Wolff, Martin (): ‘Towards high-Tc superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors’. Quantum Symposium 2018, 1st International Symposium on "Single Photon based Quantum Technologies", Max-Born-Saal, Berlin, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrated Quantum Photonics on Silicon Chips’. Optics & Photonics International Conference, OPIC 2018 International Conference on Nanophotonics and Nanooptoelectronics, ICNN 2018, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Integrated Quantum Photonics’. ADOPT-Winterschool 2018 (Linné Center on Advanced Optics and Photonics), Romme Alpin, Borlänge, Schweden, .
- Wolff, Martin (): ‘Towards integrated High-Tc Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with nanophotonic waveguides’. DPG-Frühjahrstagung 2018, Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Integrated Quantum Photonics: single-photons in nanophotonic circuits’. TRR 61 Klausurtagung, Parkhotel Surenburg, Hörstel, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): „Blockchain & Quantencomputer: Wie sicher ist die Blockchain Technologie?“ Blockchain – Chancen, Recht und Regulierung (RWTÜV Stiftung & Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, WWU Münster), Erbdrostenhof, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Quantum photonics with superconducting single-photon detectors on silicon chips’. DPG-Frühjahrstagung 2017 (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): „Quanten Computer: Ende und Neuanfang von IT-Sicherheit“. Vortrag am Instiitut für Informations-, Telekommunikations-, und Medienrecht (itm) (Prof. N. Guggenberger), ITM – Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, Zivilrechtliche Abteilung, WWU Münster, .
- Schuck, Carsten; Reiter, Doris (): ‘Integrierte Quantenphotonik auf Silizium Chips’. Allgemeines Physikalisches Kolloquium (Fachberiech Physik, Dekan), WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Silicon quantum photonics’. New Scientists at CeNTech present their research activities, Center for NanoTechnology, Münster, Germany, .
- Schuck, Carsten (): ‘Silicon Quantum Photonics’. Minisymposium - "Trends in Nanoscience", Max Plank Institut für molekulare Biomedizin, Münster, Deutschland, .
Books
Forschungsartikel (Buchbeitrag)
- . (). Waveguide Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors on Silicon. In (Eds.), Superconducting Devices in Quantum Optics (pp. 85–105). Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24091-6_4.
Patents
DE102019009399B4: Optical Device
"Optical Device" W. Pernice, C. Schuck, F. Beutel, N. Walter, H. Gehring, W. Hartmann, M. Wolff DE Patent No. DE102019009399B4 (granted Feb. 01, 2024)
Inventors: Wolfram Pernice, Carsten Schuck, Fabian Beutel, Nicolai Walter, Helge Gehring, Wladick Hartmann, Martin Wolff
Abstract: In an optical device for bidirectional coupling of a waveguide to an external medium, the coupling bandwidth of the optical device is to be broadened so that a wide spectrum of wavelengths can be coupled into an external medium through the optical device. This is achieved by the optical device comprising at least one taper structure, wherein the taper structure includes a beam input segment, the beam input segment being arranged to couple a light beam from the waveguide into the taper structure. The taper structure includes a beam output segment, the beam output segment being arranged to focus the light beam and couple it into the external medium. The taper structure between the beam input segment and the beam output segment includes at least a first reflective surface, the first reflective surface being arranged to deflect the light beam out of the plane of the waveguide, characterized in that the waveguide is designed as a freestanding waveguide arm.
DE102019115410B4: Optical Device
W. Pernice, C. Schuck, F. Beutel, N. Walter, H. Gehring, W. Hartmann, M. Wolff (2019) Optical Device. DE Patent No. DE102019115410B4 (granted 2023)
Inventors: Wolfram Pernice, Carsten Schuck, Fabian Beutel, Nicolai Walter, Helge Gehring, Wladick Hartmann, Martin Wolff
Abstract: Optical device for bidirectional coupling of a waveguide to an external medium comprising at least one taper structure, wherein the taper structure comprises a beam input segment, the beam input segment being set up in such a way coupling a light beam from the waveguide into the taper structure, the taper structure comprising a beam output segment, the beam output segment being set up in such a way as to focus the light beam. and into the external medium, and the taper structure between the beam input segment and the beam output segment comprises at least one first reflection surface, the first reflection surface being set up in such a way that Deflecting the light beam out of the plane of the waveguide, characterized in that the beam input segment is adjoined by a substantially conical or pyramidal area, the width and height of the conical or pyramidal area increasing increase linearly, and the conical or pyramidal area is followed by the beam output segment, the beam output segment comprising a substantially curved area, the substantially curved area containing the at least first reflective surface.
DE102020111150B4: Device for coupling optical waveguides to a detector array and use of the device in a broadband camera
W. Pernice, C. Schuck, N. Walter, H. Gehring, W. Hartmann, M. Wolff, F. Beutel (2020) Device for coupling optical waveguides to a detector array and use of the device in a broadband camera. DE Patent No. DE102020111150B4 (granted 2022)
Inventor: Wolfram Pernice, Carsten Schuck, Nicolai Walter, Helge Gehring, Wladick Hartmann, Martin Wolff, Fabian Beutel
Abstract: Device for coupling optical waveguides to a detector array, the device comprising:
at least one optical waveguide, at least one connection substrate, a detector array, the detector array comprising a plurality of detectors for detecting electromagnetic radiation, the detectors each comprising at least one planar waveguide, the planar waveguides on at least one surface of the connection substrate are arranged, the detectors of the detector array are superconducting single photon detectors, a superconducting nanowire being applied to the planar waveguide, the connecting substrate comprises at least one laser-written waveguide, the laser-written waveguide being set up in such a way as to connect the optical waveguide to the planar waveguide.US9500519B2: Superconducting single photon detector
H. Tang, W. Pernice, C. Schuck (2013) Superconducting single photon detector. US Patent No. US9500519B2 (granted 2016)
Inventors: Hongxing Tang, Wolfram Pernice, Carsten Schuck
Abstract: The present invention provides a device and system for high-efficiency and low-noise detection of single photons within the visible and infrared spectrum. In certain embodiments, the device of the invention can be integrated within photonic circuits to provide on-chip photon detection. The device comprises a traveling wave design comprising a waveguide layer and a superconducting nanowire atop of the waveguide.