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2026
Phonon polariton confinement in isotopically pure MOVPE-grown BN triangles
M. Scharpey, O. Schröer, D. Wigger, L. Miler, J. Iwanski, A. Wysmołek, J. Binder, and I. Niehues
Adv. Opt. Mater. 14, e71547 (2026)
Phonon-induced Markovian and non-Markovian effects on absorption spectra of moiré excitons in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers
D. Groll, A. Plonka, K. Jürgens, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
Adv. Quantum Technol. 9, e70273 (2026)
Topical review on acousto-optical Floquet engineering of single-photon emitters
D. Groll, D. Wigger, M. Weiß, M. Yuan, A. Kuznetsov, A. Hernández-Mínguez, H. J. Krenner, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski
J. Phys. Photonics 8, 012008 (2026)
The 2026 guided acoustic waves roadmap
H. J. Krenner, P. V. Santos, C. Westerhausen, G. Andersson, A. N. Cleland, H. Sellier, S. Takada, C. Bäuerle, D. Wigger, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, M. Weiß, G. Moody, A. Hernández-Mínguez, S. Lazić, A. S. Kuznetsov, M. Küß, M. Albrecht, M. Weiler, J. Puebla, Y. Hwang, Y. Otani, K. C. Balram, I.-T. Chen, K. Lai, M. Li, G. R. Nash, E. D. S. Nysten, P. Bhattacharjee, H. Mishra, P. K. Iyer, H. B. Nemade, A. Khelif, S. Benchabane, G. Feng, Y. Jin, A. Bartasyte, S. Margueron, M. Marangolo, L. Thevenard, P. Rovillain, C. Gourdon, S. Hage-Ali, O. Elmazria, H. Schmidt, L. Y. Yeo, L. A. Ambattu, J. S. Jeon, D. Kwak, J. Rufo, S. Yang, and T. Jun Huang
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 59, 093001 (2026)
2025
Fundamentals of heterodyne wave mixing spectroscopy: a tutorial
D. Groll, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J. Kasprzak, D. Wigger
Nano Futures 9, 042601 (2025)
Dynamic quantum operations at elevated temperatures using hot-spot nanoheating of color centers
F. D. Bello, D. D. A. Clarke, D. Wigger, and O. Hess
Nano Lett., 25, 13935-13942 (2025)
Quantum micro-nanodevices fabricated in diamond by femtosecond laser and ion irradiation
Y. Guo, E. Nieto Hernández, A. Kuriakose, M. S. Alam, G. Coccia, A. Britel, V. K. Kavatamane, S. Shahbazi, S. Sachero, D. Kafizova, R. Ramponi, A. McMillan, J. Forneris, F. Picollo, M. Gawełczyk, D. Wigger, P. Machnikowski, J. P. Hadden, P. E. Barclay, O. Jedrkiewicz, A. Kubanek, A. J. Bennett, P. Olivero, and S. M. Eaton
Chapter 4 in "Nanophotonics with Diamond and Silicon Carbide for Quantum Technologies", Edited by M. Agio and S. Castelletto (2025)
Nanoscale resolved mapping of the dipole emission of hBN color centers with a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope
I. Niehues, D. Wigger, K. Kaltenecker, A. Klein-Hitpass, P. Roelli, A. K. Dabrowska, K. Ludwiczak, P. Tatarczak, J. O. Becker, R. Schmidt, M. Schnell, J. Binder, A. Wysmołek, R. Hillenbrand
Nanophotonics 14, 335-342 (2025)
How to read out the phonon number statistics via resonance fluorescence spectroscopy of a single-photon emitter
D. Groll, F. Paschen, P. Machnikowski, O. Hess, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
Adv. Quantum Technol. 8, 2300153 (2025)
2024
Excitons in quantum technologies – The role of strain engineering
I. Niehues, E. D. S. Nysten, R. Schmidt, M. Weiß, and D. Wigger
MRS Bulletin 49, 958-967 (2024)
Determining strain components in a diamond waveguide from asymmetric ODMR spectra of NV− center ensembles
M. S. Alam, F. Gorrini, M. Gawełczyk, D. Wigger, G. Coccia, Y. Guo, S. Shahbazi, V. Bharadwaj, R. Ramponi, P. E. Barclay, A. Kubanek, A. J. Bennett, J. P. Hadden, S. M. Eaton, A. Bifone, and P. Machnikowski
Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 024055 (2024)
Room-temperature quantum nanoplasmonic coherent perfect absorption
Y. Lai, D. D. A. Clarke, P. Grimm, A. Devi, D. Wigger, T. Helbig, T. Hofmann, R. Thomale, N. Kongsuwan, J.-S. Huang, B. Hecht, and O. Hess
Nat. Commun. 15, 6324 (2024)
High-harmonic spectroscopy probes lattice dynamics
J. Zhang, Z. Wang, F. Lengers, D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, T. Kuhn, H.J. Wörner, and T.T. Luu
Nat. Photonics 18, 792-798 (2024)
Theory of phonon sidebands in the absorption spectra of moiré exciton-polaritons
K. Jürgens, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
2D Mater. 11, 035027 (2024)
Quantum dots as optimized chiral emitters for photonic integrated circuits
J. Rosinski, M. Gawełczyk, P. Karwat, D. Wigger, and P. Machnikowski
Phys. Rev. B 109, 085431 (2024)
Electrochemically switchable multimode strong coupling in plasmonic nanocavities
Y. Yang, R. Chikkaraddy, Q. Lin, D.D.A. Clarke, D. Wigger, J.J. Baumberg, and O. Hess
Nano Lett. 24, 238-244 (2024)
2023
Controlled coherent coupling in a quantum dot molecule revealed by ultrafast four-wave mixing spectroscopy
D. Wigger, J. Schall, M. Deconinck, N. Bart, P. Mrowiński, M. Krzykowski, K. Gawarecki, M. von Helversen, R. Schmidt, L. Bremer, F. Bopp, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck, S. Rodt, J. Renard, G. Nogues, A. Ludwig, P. Machnikowski, J. J. Finley, S. Reitzenstein, and J. Kasprzak
ACS Photonics 10, 1504-1511 (2023)
Controlled coherent-coupling and dynamics of exciton complexes in a MoSe2 monolayer
A. Rodek, T. Hahn, J. Howarth, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. Potemski, P. Kossacki, D. Wigger, and J. Kasprzak
2D Mater. 10, 025027 (2023)
Identification of weak molecular absorption in single-wavelength s-SNOM images
I. Niehues, L. Mester, E. Vicentini, D. Wigger, A.A. Govyadinov, M. Schnell, and R. Hillenbrand
Opt. Express 31, 7012-7022 (2023)
2022
Quantum control of optically driven artificial atoms with surface acoustic waves
M. Choquer, M. Weiß, E.D.S. Nysten, M. Lienhart, P. Machnikowski, D. Wigger, H.J. Krenner, and G. Moody
IEEE Trans. Quantum Eng. 3, 5100217 (2022)
Resonant and phonon-assisted ultrafast coherent control of a single hBN color center
J.A. Preuss, D. Groll, R. Schmidt, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, R. Bratschitsch, T. Kuhn, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, and D. Wigger
Optica 9, 522-531 (2022)
Coherent dynamics of a single Mn-doped quantum dot revealed by four-wave mixing spectroscopy
J. Kasprzak, D. Wigger, T. Hahn, T. Jakubczyk, Ł. Zinkiewicz, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J.-F. Motte, and W. Pacuski
ACS Photonics 9, 1033-1041 (2022)
Single-photon emitters in layered van der Waals materials
S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, D. Wigger, U. Wurstbauer, A.W. Holleitner, R. Bratschitsch, T. Kuhn
Phys. Status Solidi B 259, 2100566 (2022)
Photon scattering from a quantum acoustically modulated two-level system
T. Hahn, D. Groll, H.J. Krenner, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, and D. Wigger
AVS Quantum Sci. 4, 011403 (2022)
Destructive photon echo formation in six-wave mixing signals of MoSe2 monolayer
T. Hahn, D. Vaclavkova, M. Bartos, K. Nogajewski, M. Potemski, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J. Kasprzak, and D. Wigger
Adv. Sci. 9, 2103813 (2022)
2021
Comparison of the semiclassical and quantum optical field dynamics in a pulse-excited optical cavity with a finite number of quantum emitters
K. Jürgens, F. Lengers, D. Groll, D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
Phys. Rev. B 104, 205308 (2021)
Resonance-fluorescence spectral dynamics of an acoustically modulated quantum dot
D. Wigger, M. Weiß, M. Lienhart, K. Müller, J.J. Finley, T. Kuhn, H.J. Krenner, and P. Machnikowski
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033197 (2021)
Local field effects in ultrafast light-matter interaction measured by pump-probe spectroscopy of monolayer MoSe2
A. Rodek, T. Hahn, J. Kasprzak, T. Kasimierczuk, K. Nogajewski, K.E. Połczyńska, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, M. Potemski, D. Wigger, and P. Kossacki
Nanophotonics 10, 2717-2728 (2021)
Remote phonon control of quantum dots and other artificial atoms
D. Wigger, K. Gawarecki, P. Machnikowski
Adv. Quantum Technol. 4, 2000128 (2021)
Optomechanical wave mixing by a single quantum dot
M. Weiß, D. Wigger, M. Nägele, K. Müller, J.J. Finley, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, and H.J. Krenner
Optica 8, 291-300 (2021)
Influence of local fields on the dynamics of four-wave mixing signals from 2D semiconductor systems
T. Hahn, J. Kasprzak, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, and D. Wigger
New J. Phys. 23, 023036 (2021)
Controlling photoluminescence spectra of hBN color centers by selective phonon-assisted excitation: A theoretical proposal
D. Groll, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
Mater. Quantum. Technol. 1, 015004 (2021)
2020
Strain tuning of the Stokes shift in atomically thin semiconductors
I. Niehues, P. Marauhn, T. Deilmann, D. Wigger, R. Schmidt, A. Arora, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Michael Rohlfing and R. Bratschitsch
Nanoscale 12, 20786 (2020)
Four-wave mixing dynamics of a strongly coupled quantum-dot–microcavity system driven by up to 20 photons
D. Groll, D. Wigger, K. Jürgens, T. Hahn, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, J. Kasprzak, and T. Kuhn
Phys. Rev. B 101, 245301 (2020)
Entropy dynamics of phonon quantum states generated by optical excitation of a two-level system
T. Hahn, D. Wigger and T. Kuhn
Entropy 22, 286 (2020)
Acoustic phonon sideband dynamics during polaron formation in a single quantum dot
D. Wigger, V. Karakhanyan, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
Opt. Lett. 45, 919-922 (2020)
2019
Influence of excited state decay and dephasing on phonon quantum state preparation
T. Hahn, D. Groll, T. Kuhn, and D. Wigger
Phys. Rev. B 100, 024306 (2019)
Phonon-assisted emission and absorption of individual color centers in hexagonal boron nitride
D. Wigger, R. Schmidt, O. Del Pozo-Zamudio, J.A. Preuß, P. Tonndorf, R. Schneider, P. Steeger, J. Kern, Y. Khodaei, J. Sperling, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, R. Bratschitsch, and T. Kuhn
2D Mater. 6, 035006 (2019)
2018
Rabi oscillations of a quantum dot exciton coupled to acoustic phonons: coherence and population readout
D. Wigger, C. Schneider, S. Gerhardt, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
Optica 5, 1442-1450 (2018)
Strain control of exciton-phonon coupling in atomically thin semiconductors
I. Niehues, R. Schmidt, M. Drüppel, P. Marauhn, D. Christiansen, M. Selig, G. Berghäuser, D. Wigger, R. Schneider, L. Braasch, R. Koch, A. Castellanos-Gomez, T. Kuhn, A. Knorr, E. Malic, M. Rohlfing, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, and R. Bratschitsch
Nano Lett. 18, 1751-1757 (2018)
2017
Control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonon wave packets
D. Wigger, T. Czerniuk, D.E. Reiter, M. Bayer, and T. Kuhn
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 906, 012025 (2017)
Exploring coherence of individual excitons in InAs quantum dots embedded in natural photonic defects: Influence of the excitation intensity
D. Wigger, Q. Mermillod, T. Jakubczyk, F. Fras, S. Le-Denmat, D.E. Reiter. S. Höfling, M. Kamp. G. Nogues, C. Schneider, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
Phys. Rev. B 96, 165311 (2017)
Systematic study of the influence of coherent phonon wave packets on the lasing properties of a quantum dot ensemble
D. Wigger, T. Czerniuk, D.E. Reiter, M. Bayer, and T. Kuhn
New J. Phys. 19, 073001 (2017)
Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
T. Czerniuk, D. Wigger, A.V. Akimov, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, D.R. Yakovlev, T. Kuhn, D.E. Reiter, and M. Bayer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 133901 (2017)
2016
Impact of phonons on dephasing of individual excitons in deterministic quantum dot microlenses
T. Jakubczyk, V. Delmonte, S. Fischbach, D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, Q. Mermillod, P. Schnauber, A. Kaganskiy, J.-H. Schulze, A. Strittmatter, S. Rodt, W. Langbein, T. Kuhn, S. Reitzenstein, and J. Kasprzak
ACS Photonics 3, 2461 (2016)
Quantum dynamics of optical phonons generated by optical excitations of a quantum dot
D. Wigger, H. Gehring, V.M. Axt, D.E. Reiter, and T. Kuhn
J. Comput. Electron 15, 1158-1169 (2016)
Nanoscale positioning of single-photon emitters in atomically thin WSe2
J. Kern, I. Niehues, P. Tonndorf, R. Schmidt, D. Wigger, R. Schneider, T. Stiehm, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, D.E. Reiter, T. Kuhn, and R. Bratschitsch
Adv. Mater. 28, 7101-7105 (2016)
Dynamics of excitons in individual InAs quantum dots revealed in four-wave mixing spectroscopy
Q. Mermillod, D. Wigger, V. Delmonte, D.E. Reiter, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, W. Langbein, T. Kuhn, G. Nogues, and J. Kasprzak
Optica 3, 377-384 (2016)
2015
Generating sequences of phonon wave packets by optical excitation of a quantum dot
D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, S. Lüker, V.M. Axt, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 647, 012025 (2015)
Squeezed phonon wave packet generation by optical manipulation of a quantum dot
D. Wigger, S. Lüker, V.M. Axt, D.E. Reiter, and T. Kuhn
Photonics 2, 214 (2015)
2014
Energy transport and coherence properties of acoustic phonons generated by optical excitation of a quantum dot
D. Wigger, S. Lüker, D.E. Reiter, V.M. Axt, P. Machnikowski, and T. Kuhn
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 355802 (2014)
2013
Fluctuation properties of acoustic phonons generated by ultrafast optical excitation of a quantum dot
D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
Phys. Rev. B 87, 085301 (2013)
2011
Generation and dynamics of phononic cat states after optical excitation of a quantum dot
D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
Phys. Rev. B. 84, 195327 (2011)
Fluctuation properties of phonons generated by ultrafast optical excitation of a quantum dot
D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, J.M. Daniels, T. Papenkort, A. Vagov, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
Phys. Status Solidi B 248, 825-828 (2011)
