Low charge-noise nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond created using laser writing with a solid-immersion lens

no code implementations • 23 Feb 2021 • Viktoria Yurgens, Josh A. Zuber, Sigurd Flågan, Marta De Luca, Brendan J. Shields, Ilaria Zardo, Patrick Maletinsky, Richard J. Warburton, Tomasz Jakubczyk

We report on pulsed-laser induced generation of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond facilitated by a solid-immersion lens (SIL).

Optics Materials Science Quantum Physics

Probing Lattice Dynamics and Electronic Resonances in Hexagonal Ge and SixGe1-x Alloys in Nanowires by Raman Spectroscopy

no code implementations • 20 Jan 2021 • Diego de Matteis, Marta De Luca, Elham M. T. Fadaly, Marcel A. Verheijen, Miquel Lopez-Suarez, Riccardo Rurali, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Ilaria Zardo

Recent advances in nanowire synthesis have enabled the realization of crystal phases that in bulk are attainable only under extreme conditions, i. e. high temperature and/or high pressure.

Band Gap Materials Science

Nanowires for heat conversion

no code implementations • 4 Jan 2021 • Milo Yaro Swinkels, Ilaria Zardo

This review focuses on the investigation and enhancement of the thermoelectric properties of semiconducting nanowires (NWs).

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics