@article{50012,
  abstract     = {{Silicon photonics, in conjunction with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication, has greatly enhanced the development of integrated optical phased arrays. This facilitates a dynamic control of light in a compact form factor that enables the synthesis of arbitrary complex wavefronts in the infrared spectrum. We numerically demonstrate a large-scale two-dimensional silicon-based optical phased array (OPA) composed of nanoantennas with circular gratings that are balanced in power and aligned in phase, required for producing elegant radiation patterns in the far-field. For a wavelength of 1.55 μm, we optimize two antennas for the OPA exhibiting an upward radiation efficiency as high as 90%, with almost 6.8% of optical power concentrated in the field of view. Additionally, we believe that the proposed OPAs can be easily fabricated and would have the ability to generate complex holographic images, rendering them an attractive candidate for a wide range of applications like LiDAR sensors, optical trapping, optogenetic stimulation, and augmented-reality displays.}},
  author       = {{Farheen, Henna and Strauch, Andreas and Scheytt, J. Christoph and Myroshnychenko, Viktor and Förstner, Jens}},
  issn         = {{1569-4410}},
  journal      = {{Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna}},
  pages        = {{101207}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier BV}},
  title        = {{{Optimized, Highly Efficient Silicon Antennas for Optical Phased Arrays}}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.photonics.2023.101207}},
  volume       = {{58}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{43245,
  abstract     = {{High-contrast slab waveguide Bragg gratings with 1D periodicity are investigated. For specific oblique excitation by semi-guided waves at sufficiently high angles of incidence, the idealized structures do not exhibit any radiative losses, such that reflectance and transmittance for the single port mode add strictly up to one. We consider a series of symmetric, fully and partly etched finite gratings, for parameters found in integrated silicon photonics. These can act as spectral filters with a reasonably flattop response. Apodization can lead to more box shaped reflectance and transmittance spectra. Together with a narrowband Fabry–Perot filter, these configurations are characterized by reflection bands, or transmittance peaks, with widths that span three orders of magnitude.}},
  author       = {{Hammer, Manfred and Farheen, Henna and Förstner, Jens}},
  issn         = {{0740-3224}},
  journal      = {{Journal of the Optical Society of America B}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_waveguide}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{862}},
  publisher    = {{Optica Publishing Group}},
  title        = {{{How to suppress radiative losses in high-contrast integrated Bragg gratings}}},
  doi          = {{10.1364/josab.485725}},
  volume       = {{40}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@inproceedings{43052,
  abstract     = {{We demonstrate a large-scale two dimensional silicon-based optical phased array (OPA) composed of nanoantennas with circular gratings that are balanced in power and aligned in phase, required for producing desired radiation patterns in the far-field. The OPAs are numerically optimized to have an upward efficiency of up to 90%, targeting radiation concentration mainly in the field of view. We envision that our OPAs have the ability of generating complex holographic images, rendering them an attractive candidate for a wide range of applications like LiDAR sensors, optical trapping, optogenetic stimulation and augmented-reality displays.}},
  author       = {{Farheen, Henna and Strauch, Andreas and Scheytt, J. Christoph and Myroshnychenko, Viktor and Förstner, Jens}},
  booktitle    = {{Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII}},
  editor       = {{García-Blanco, Sonia M. and Cheben, Pavel}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna}},
  pages        = {{124241D }},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{{Optimized silicon antennas for optical phased arrays}}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.2658716}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@inproceedings{50466,
  abstract     = {{A key challenge in designing efficient optical phased arrays is the lack of a well-designed radiator. This work explores horn antennas numerically optimized to target high upward radiation efficiency to be employed in silicon-based phased arrays capable of producing elegant radiation patterns in the far-field.}},
  author       = {{Farheen, Henna and Joshi, S. and Scheytt, J. Christoph and Myroshnychenko, Viktor and Förstner, Jens}},
  booktitle    = {{2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  title        = {{{Increasing the upward radiation efficiency of optical phased arrays using asymmetric silicon horn antennas}}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ipc57732.2023.10360519}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{55901,
  author       = {{Grisard, Stefan and Trifonov, Artur V. and Rose, Hendrik and Reichhardt, Rilana and Reichelt, Matthias and Schneider, Christian and Kamp, Martin and Höfling, Sven and Bayer, Manfred and Meier, Torsten and Akimov, Ilya A.}},
  issn         = {{2330-4022}},
  journal      = {{ACS Photonics}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{3161--3170}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Temporal Sorting of Optical Multiwave-Mixing Processes in Semiconductor Quantum Dots}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00530}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@unpublished{43132,
  author       = {{Meier, Torsten and Grisard, S. and Trifonov, A.V. and Rose, Hendrik and Reichhardt, R. and Reichelt, Matthias and Schneider, C. and Kamp, M. and Höfling, S. and Bayer, M. and Akimov, I.A}},
  booktitle    = {{arxiv:2302.02480}},
  title        = {{{Temporal sorting of optical multi-wave-mixing processes in semiconductor quantum dots}}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{44050,
  author       = {{Sperling, Jan and Agudelo, Elizabeth}},
  issn         = {{2469-9926}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review A}},
  number       = {{4}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Entanglement of particles versus entanglement of fields: Independent quantum resources}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/physreva.107.042420}},
  volume       = {{107}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{40477,
  author       = {{Sperling, Jan and Gianani, Ilaria and Barbieri, Marco and Agudelo, Elizabeth}},
  issn         = {{2469-9926}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review A}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Detector entanglement: Quasidistributions for Bell-state measurements}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/physreva.107.012426}},
  volume       = {{107}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{42973,
  author       = {{Lüders, Carolin and Pukrop, Matthias and Barkhausen, Franziska and Rozas, Elena and Schneider, Christian and Höfling, Sven and Sperling, Jan and Schumacher, Stefan and Aßmann, Marc}},
  issn         = {{0031-9007}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  keywords     = {{General Physics and Astronomy}},
  number       = {{11}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Tracking Quantum Coherence in Polariton Condensates with Time-Resolved Tomography}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/physrevlett.130.113601}},
  volume       = {{130}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{44097,
  abstract     = {{We present strong enhancement of third harmonic generation in an amorphous silicon metasurface consisting of elliptical nano resonators. We show that this enhancement originates from a new type of multi-mode Fano mechanism. These ‘Super-Fano’ resonances are investigated numerically in great detail using full-wave simulations. The theoretically predicted behavior of the metasurface is experimentally verified by linear and nonlinear transmission spectroscopy. Moreover, quantitative nonlinear measurements are performed, in which an absolute conversion efficiency as high as ηmax ≈ 2.8 × 10−7 a peak power intensity of 1.2 GW cm−2 is found. Compared to an unpatterned silicon film of the same thickness amplification factors of up to ~900 are demonstrated. Our results pave the way to exploiting a strong Fano-type multi-mode coupling in metasurfaces for high THG in potential applications.}},
  author       = {{Hähnel, David and Golla, Christian and Albert, Maximilian and Zentgraf, Thomas and Myroshnychenko, Viktor and Förstner, Jens and Meier, Cedrik}},
  issn         = {{2047-7538}},
  journal      = {{Light: Science & Applications}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_meta}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{97}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Nature}},
  title        = {{{A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces}}},
  doi          = {{https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01134-1}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{45596,
  abstract     = {{Dielectric metasurfaces provide a unique platform for efficient harmonic generation and optical wavefront manipulation at the nanoscale. Tailoring phase and amplitude of a nonlinearly generated wave with a high emission efficiency using resonance-based metasurfaces is a challenging task that often requires state-of-the-art numerical methods. Here, we propose a simple yet effective approach combining a sampling method with a Monte Carlo approach to design the third-harmonic wavefront generated by all-dielectric metasurfaces composed of elliptical silicon nanodisks. Using this approach, we theoretically demonstrate the full nonlinear 2π phase control with a uniform and highest possible amplitude in the considered parameter space, allowing us to design metasurfaces operating as third harmonic beam deflectors capable of steering light into a desired direction with high emission efficiency. The TH beam deflection with a record calculated average conversion efficiency of 1.2 × 10–1 W–2 is achieved. We anticipate that the proposed approach will be widely applied as alternative to commonly used optimization algorithms with higher complexity and implementation effort for the design of metasurfaces with other holographic functionalities.}},
  author       = {{Hähnel, David and Förstner, Jens and Myroshnychenko, Viktor}},
  issn         = {{2330-4022}},
  journal      = {{ACS Photonics}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_meta}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Efficient Modeling and Tailoring of Nonlinear Wavefronts in Dielectric Metasurfaces}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01967}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@inproceedings{43192,
  abstract     = {{The nonlinear optical response of an ensemble of semiconductor quantum dots is analyzed by wave-mixing processes, where we focus on four-wave mixing with two incident pulses. Wave-mixing experiments are often described with semiclassical models, where the light is modeled classically and the material quantum mechanically. Here, however, we use a fully quantized model, where the light is given by a quantum state of light. Quantum light involves more degrees of freedom than classical light as e.g., its photon statistics and quantum correlations, which is a promising resource for quantum devices, such as quantum memories. The light-matter interaction is treated with a Jaynes-Cummings type model and the quantum field is given by a single mode since the quantum dots are embedded in a microcavity. We present numerical simulations of the four-wave-mixing response of a homogeneous system for pulse sequences and find a significant dependence of the result on the photon statistics of the incident pulses. The model constitutes a problem with a large state space which arises from the frequency distribution of the transition energies of the inhomogeneously broadened quantum dot ensemble that is coupled with a quantum light mode. Here we approximate the dynamics by summing over individual quantum dot-microcavity systems. Photon echoes arising from the excitation with different quantum states of light are simulated and compared.}},
  author       = {{Rose, Hendrik and Grisard, S. and Trifonov, A. V. and Reichhardt, R. and Reichelt, Matthias and Bayer, M. and Akimov, I. A.  and Meier, Torsten}},
  booktitle    = {{Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXVII}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{{Theoretical analysis of four-wave mixing on semiconductor quantum dot ensembles with quantum light}}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.2647700}},
  volume       = {{12419}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{45704,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>Since high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from atoms depends sensitively on the polarization of the driving laser field, the polarization gating (PG) technique was developed and applied successfully to generate isolated attosecond pulses from atomic gases. The situation is, however, different in solid-state systems as it has been demonstrated that due to collisions with neighboring atomic cores of the crystal lattice strong HHG can be generated even by elliptically- and circularly-polarized laser fields. Here we apply PG to solid-state systems and find that the conventional PG technique is inefficient for the generation of isolated ultrashort harmonic pulse bursts. In contrast, we demonstrate that a polarization-skewed laser pulse is able to confine the harmonic emission to a time window of less than one-tenth of the laser cycle. This method provides a novel way to control HHG and to generate isolated attosecond pulses in solids.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Song, Xiaohong and Yang, Shidong and Wang, Guifang and Lin, Jianpeng and Wang, Liang and Meier, Torsten and Yang, Weifeng}},
  issn         = {{1094-4087}},
  journal      = {{Optics Express}},
  keywords     = {{Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics}},
  number       = {{12}},
  publisher    = {{Optica Publishing Group}},
  title        = {{{Control of the electron dynamics in solid-state high harmonic generation on ultrafast time scales by a polarization-skewed laser pulse}}},
  doi          = {{10.1364/oe.491418}},
  volume       = {{31}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{45703,
  author       = {{Zuo, Ruixin and Song, Xiaohong and Ben, Shuai and Meier, Torsten and Yang, Weifeng}},
  issn         = {{2643-1564}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review Research}},
  keywords     = {{General Physics and Astronomy}},
  number       = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Revealing the nonadiabatic tunneling dynamics in solid-state high harmonic generation}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/physrevresearch.5.l022040}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{58222,
  author       = {{Grisard, Stefan  and Trifonov, Artur V.  and Solovev, Ivan A.  and Yakovlev, Dmitri R.  and Hordiichuk, Oleh  and Kovalenko, Maksym V.  and Bayer, Manfred  and Akimov, Ilya A. }},
  journal      = {{Nano Letters}},
  number       = {{16}},
  title        = {{{Long-Lived Exciton Coherence in Mixed-Halide Perovskite Crystals}}},
  doi          = {{https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01817}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@inproceedings{43051,
  abstract     = {{We demonstrate the numerical and experimental realization of optimized optical traveling-wave antennas made of low-loss dielectric materials. These antennas exhibit highly directive radiation patterns and our studies reveal that this nature comes from two dominant guided TE modes excited in the waveguide-like director of the antenna, in addition to the leaky modes. The optimized antennas possess a broadband nature and have a nearunity radiation efficiency at an operational wavelength of 780 nm. Compared to the previously studied plasmonic antennas for photon emission, our all-dielectric approach demonstrates a new class of highly directional, low-loss, and broadband optical antennas.}},
  author       = {{Farheen, Henna and Yan, Lok-Yee and Leuteritz, Till and Qiao, Siqi and Spreyer, Florian and Schlickriede, Christian and Quiring, Viktor and Eigner, Christof and Silberhorn, Christine and Zentgraf, Thomas and Linden, Stefan and Myroshnychenko, Viktor and Förstner, Jens}},
  booktitle    = {{Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII}},
  editor       = {{García-Blanco, Sonia M. and Cheben, Pavel}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna}},
  pages        = {{124241E}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{{Tailoring the directive nature of optical waveguide antennas}}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.2658921}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{55900,
  author       = {{Scharwald, Dennis and Meier, Torsten and Sharapova, Polina}},
  issn         = {{2643-1564}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review Research}},
  number       = {{4}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Phase sensitivity of spatially broadband high-gain SU(1,1) interferometers}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/physrevresearch.5.043158}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{61252,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The biexciton‐exciton emission cascade commonly used in quantum‐dot systems to generate polarization entanglement yields photons with intrinsically limited indistinguishability. In the present work, it focuses on the generation of pairs of photons with high degrees of polarization entanglement and simultaneously high indistinguishability. It achieves this goal by selectively reducing the biexciton lifetime with an optical resonator. It demonstrates that a suitably tailored circular Bragg reflector fulfills the requirements of sufficient selective Purcell enhancement of biexciton emission paired with spectrally broad photon extraction and twofold degenerate optical modes. The in‐depth theoretical study combines (i) the optimization of realistic photonic structures solving Maxwell's equations from which model parameters are extracted as input for (ii) microscopic simulations of quantum‐dot cavity excitation dynamics with full access to photon properties. It reports non‐trivial dependencies on system parameters and use the predictive power of the combined theoretical approach to determine the optimal range of Purcell enhancement that maximizes indistinguishability and entanglement to near unity values, here specifically for the telecom C‐band at 1550 nm.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Bauch, David and Siebert, Dustin and Jöns, Klaus D. and Förstner, Jens and Schumacher, Stefan}},
  issn         = {{2511-9044}},
  journal      = {{Advanced Quantum Technologies}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley}},
  title        = {{{On‐Demand Indistinguishable and Entangled Photons Using Tailored Cavity Designs}}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/qute.202300142}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@inproceedings{61362,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>We study the interaction of gray tracking and DC ionic conductivity in Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTiOPO<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>, KTP) and present a novel way to reduce conductivity via a potassium nitrate treatment improving the device quality.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Eigner, Christof and Padberg, Laura and Quiring, Viktor and Bocchini, Adriana and Santandrea, Matteo and Gerstmann, Uwe and Schmidt, Wolf Gero and Silberhorn, Christine}},
  booktitle    = {{CLEO 2023}},
  publisher    = {{Optica Publishing Group}},
  title        = {{{Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Material Engineering Boosting Integrated Optical Source Performance}}},
  doi          = {{10.1364/cleo_at.2023.jw2a.57}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

@article{36416,
  author       = {{De, Jianbo and Ma, Xuekai and Yin, Fan and Ren, Jiahuan and Yao, Jiannian and Schumacher, Stefan and Liao, Qing and Fu, Hongbing and Malpuech, Guillaume and Solnyshkov, Dmitry}},
  issn         = {{0002-7863}},
  journal      = {{Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)}},
  keywords     = {{Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Biochemistry, General Chemistry, Catalysis}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{1557--1563}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Room-Temperature Electrical Field-Enhanced Ultrafast Switch in Organic Microcavity Polariton Condensates}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jacs.2c07557}},
  volume       = {{145}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}