Additive manufacturing for the development of optical/photonic systems and components

G Berglund, A Wisniowiecki, J Gawedzinski… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> The ambition of this review is to provide an up-to-date synopsis of the
state of 3D printing technology for optical and photonic components, to gauge technological …

Laser-induced color centers in crystals

S Gao, YZ Duan, ZN Tian, YL Zhang, QD Chen… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
Color centers are widely used in quantum information, quantum sensing, micro-nano optics
and other relevant fields. In addition to the traditional ways that can generate color centers …

Numerical optimization of single-mode fiber-coupled single-photon sources based on semiconductor quantum dots

L Bremer, C Jimenez, S Thiele, K Weber, T Huber… - Optics express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We perform extended numerical studies to maximize the overall photon coupling efficiency
of fiber-coupled quantum dot single-photon sources emitting in the near-infrared and O …

Low-divergence hbn single-photon source with a 3D-printed low-fluorescence elliptical polymer microlens

JA Preuß, H Gehring, R Schmidt, L Jin, D Wendland… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Efficiently collecting light from single-photon emitters is crucial for photonic quantum
technologies. Here, we develop and use an ultralow fluorescence photopolymer to three …

3D printed micro-optics for quantum technology: Optimized coupling of single quantum dot emission into a single mode fiber

M Sartison, K Weber, S Thiele, L Bremer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Future quantum technology relies crucially on building quantum networks with high fidelity.
To achieve this challenging goal, it is of utmost importance to connect single quantum …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum dot single-photon emission coupled into single-mode fibers with 3D printed micro-objectives

L Bremer, K Weber, S Fischbach, S Thiele, M Schmidt… - APL Photonics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
User-friendly single-photon sources with high photon-extraction efficiency are crucial
building blocks for photonic quantum applications. For many of these applications, such as …

Scalable fabrication of hemispherical solid immersion lenses in silicon carbide through grayscale hard-mask lithography

C Bekker, MJ Arshad, P Cilibrizzi, C Nikolatos… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Grayscale lithography allows the creation of micrometer-scale features with spatially
controlled height in a process that is fully compatible with standard lithography. Here, solid …

Quantitative super-resolution solid immersion microscopy via refractive index profile reconstruction

NV Chernomyrdin, M Skorobogatiy, AA Gavdush… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Solid Immersion (SI) microscopy is a modern imaging modality that overcomes the Abbe
diffraction limit and offers novel applications in various branches of visible, infrared …

Optical trapping, sensing, and imaging by photonic nanojets

H Li, W Song, Y Zhao, Q Cao, A Wen - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The optical trapping, sensing, and imaging of nanostructures and biological samples are
research hotspots in the fields of biomedicine and nanophotonics. However, because of the …

Fiber-coupled quantum light sources based on solid-state quantum emitters

L Bremer, S Rodt, S Reitzenstein - Materials for Quantum …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic quantum technology is essentially based on the exchange of individual photons as
information carriers. Therefore, the development of practical single-photon sources that emit …