@article{35160, author = {{Jia, Jichao and Cao, Xue and Ma, Xuekai and De, Jianbo and Yao, Jiannian and Schumacher, Stefan and Liao, Qing and Fu, Hongbing}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Circularly polarized electroluminescence from a single-crystal organic microcavity light-emitting diode based on photonic spin-orbit interactions}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-022-35745-w}}, volume = {{14}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{45868, abstract = {{Perfect vector vortex beams (PVVBs) have attracted considerable interest due to their peculiar optical features. PVVBs are typically generated through the superposition of perfect vortex beams, which suffer from the limited number of topological charges (TCs). Furthermore, dynamic control of PVVBs is desirable and has not been reported. We propose and experimentally demonstrate hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beams (GPVVBs) and their dynamic control. Hybrid GPVVBs are generated through the superposition of grafted perfect vortex beams with a multifunctional metasurface. The generated hybrid GPVVBs possess spatially variant rates of polarization change due to the involvement of more TCs. Each hybrid GPVVB includes different GPVVBs in the same beam, adding more design flexibility. Moreover, these beams are dynamically controlled with a rotating half waveplate. The generated dynamic GPVVBs may find applications in the fields where dynamic control is in high demand, including optical encryption, dense data communication, and multiple particle manipulation.}}, author = {{Ahmed, Hammad and Ansari, Muhammad Afnan and Li, Yan and Zentgraf, Thomas and Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim and Chen, Xianzhong}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Dynamic control of hybrid grafted perfect vector vortex beams}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-023-39599-8}}, volume = {{14}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{30385, abstract = {{AbstractTailored nanoscale quantum light sources, matching the specific needs of use cases, are crucial building blocks for photonic quantum technologies. Several different approaches to realize solid-state quantum emitters with high performance have been pursued and different concepts for energy tuning have been established. However, the properties of the emitted photons are always defined by the individual quantum emitter and can therefore not be controlled with full flexibility. Here we introduce an all-optical nonlinear method to tailor and control the single photon emission. We demonstrate a laser-controlled down-conversion process from an excited state of a semiconductor quantum three-level system. Based on this concept, we realize energy tuning and polarization control of the single photon emission with a control-laser field. Our results mark an important step towards tailored single photon emission from a photonic quantum system based on quantum optical principles.}}, author = {{Jonas, B. and Heinze, D. and Schöll, E. and Kallert, P. and Langer, T. and Krehs, S. and Widhalm, A. and Jöns, K. D. and Reuter, D. and Schumacher, S. and Zrenner, Artur}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Nonlinear down-conversion in a single quantum dot}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-022-28993-3}}, volume = {{13}}, year = {{2022}}, } @article{40523, abstract = {{AbstractTailored nanoscale quantum light sources, matching the specific needs of use cases, are crucial building blocks for photonic quantum technologies. Several different approaches to realize solid-state quantum emitters with high performance have been pursued and different concepts for energy tuning have been established. However, the properties of the emitted photons are always defined by the individual quantum emitter and can therefore not be controlled with full flexibility. Here we introduce an all-optical nonlinear method to tailor and control the single photon emission. We demonstrate a laser-controlled down-conversion process from an excited state of a semiconductor quantum three-level system. Based on this concept, we realize energy tuning and polarization control of the single photon emission with a control-laser field. Our results mark an important step towards tailored single photon emission from a photonic quantum system based on quantum optical principles.}}, author = {{Jonas, B. and Heinze, Dirk Florian and Schöll, E. and Kallert, P. and Langer, T. and Krehs, S. and Widhalm, A. and Jöns, Klaus and Reuter, Dirk and Schumacher, Stefan and Zrenner, Artur}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Nonlinear down-conversion in a single quantum dot}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-022-28993-3}}, volume = {{13}}, year = {{2022}}, } @article{32310, author = {{Li, Yao and Ma, Xuekai and Zhai, Xiaokun and Gao, Meini and Dai, Haitao and Schumacher, Stefan and Gao, Tingge}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Manipulating polariton condensates by Rashba-Dresselhaus coupling at room temperature}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-022-31529-4}}, volume = {{13}}, year = {{2022}}, } @article{37338, abstract = {{AbstractMethylammonium lead iodide perovskite (MAPbI3) is renowned for an impressive power conversion efficiency rise and cost-effective fabrication for photovoltaics. In this work, we demonstrate that polycrystalline MAPbI3s undergo drastic changes in optical properties at moderate field strengths with an ultrafast response time, via transient Wannier Stark localization. The distinct band structure of this material - the large lattice periodicity, the narrow electronic energy bandwidths, and the coincidence of these two along the same high-symmetry direction – enables relatively weak fields to bring this material into the Wannier Stark regime. Its polycrystalline nature is not detrimental to the optical switching performance of the material, since the least dispersive direction of the band structure dominates the contribution to the optical response, which favors low-cost fabrication. Together with the outstanding photophysical properties of MAPbI3, this finding highlights the great potential of this material in ultrafast light modulation and novel photonic applications.}}, author = {{Berghoff, Daniel and Bühler, Johannes and Bonn, Mischa and Leitenstorfer, Alfred and Meier, Torsten and Kim, Heejae}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Low-field onset of Wannier-Stark localization in a polycrystalline hybrid organic inorganic perovskite}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-021-26021-4}}, volume = {{12}}, year = {{2021}}, } @article{41023, abstract = {{AbstractEfficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are pivotal for sustainable fuel production, where the Ni-Fe oxyhydroxide (OOH) is among the most active catalysts for alkaline OER. Electrolyte alkali metal cations have been shown to modify the activity and reaction intermediates, however, the exact mechanism is at question due to unexplained deviations from the cation size trend. Our X-ray absorption spectroelectrochemical results show that bigger cations shift the Ni2+/(3+δ)+ redox peak and OER activity to lower potentials (however, with typical discrepancies), following the order CsOH > NaOH ≈ KOH > RbOH > LiOH. Here, we find that the OER activity follows the variations in electrolyte pH rather than a specific cation, which accounts for differences both in basicity of the alkali hydroxides and other contributing anomalies. Our density functional theory-derived reactivity descriptors confirm that cations impose negligible effect on the Lewis acidity of Ni, Fe, and O lattice sites, thus strengthening the conclusions of an indirect pH effect.}}, author = {{Görlin, Mikaela and Halldin Stenlid, Joakim and Koroidov, Sergey and Wang, Hsin-Yi and Börner, Mia and Shipilin, Mikhail and Kalinko, Aleksandr and Murzin, Vadim and Safonova, Olga V. and Nachtegaal, Maarten and Uheida, Abdusalam and Dutta, Joydeep and Bauer, Matthias and Nilsson, Anders and Diaz-Morales, Oscar}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Key activity descriptors of nickel-iron oxygen evolution electrocatalysts in the presence of alkali metal cations}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-020-19729-2}}, volume = {{11}}, year = {{2020}}, } @article{20580, author = {{Ma, Xuekai and Berger, B and Aßmann, M and Driben, R and Meier, Torsten and Schneider, C and Höfling, S and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{897}}, title = {{{Realization of all-optical vortex switching in exciton-polariton condensates}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-020-14702-5}}, volume = {{11}}, year = {{2020}}, } @article{4370, author = {{Schmidt, C. and Bühler, J. and Heinrich, A.-C. and Allerbeck, J. and Podzimski, R. and Berghoff, D. and Meier, Torsten and Schmidt, Wolf Gero and Reichl, C. and Wegscheider, W. and Brida, D. and Leitenstorfer, A.}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature}}, title = {{{Signatures of transient Wannier-Stark localization in bulk gallium arsenide}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-018-05229-x}}, volume = {{9}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{10018, author = {{Schmidt, Claudia and Bühler, J. and Heinrich, A.-C. and Allerbeck, J. and Podzimski, R. and Berghoff, Daniel and Meier, Torsten and Schmidt, Wolf Gero and Reichl, C. and Wegscheider, W. and Brida, D. and Leitenstorfer, A.}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, title = {{{Signatures of transient Wannier-Stark localization in bulk gallium arsenide}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41467-018-05229-x}}, volume = {{9}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{9615, author = {{Allgaier, Markus and Ansari, Vahid and Sansoni, Linda and Eigner, Christof and Quiring, Viktor and Ricken, Raimund and Harder, Georg and Brecht, Benjamin and Silberhorn, Christine}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, title = {{{Highly efficient frequency conversion with bandwidth compression of quantum light}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms14288}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{26236, author = {{Chapman, Robert J. and Santandrea, Matteo and Huang, Zixin and Corrielli, Giacomo and Crespi, Andrea and Yung, Man-Hong and Osellame, Roberto and Peruzzo, Alberto}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, title = {{{Experimental perfect state transfer of an entangled photonic qubit}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms11339}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{6539, abstract = {{Light is often characterized only by its classical properties, like intensity or coherence. When looking at its quantum properties, described by photon correlations, new information about the state of the matter generating the radiation can be revealed. In particular the difference between independent and entangled emitters, which is at the heart of quantum mechanics, can be made visible in the photon statistics of the emitted light. The well-studied phenomenon of superradiance occurs when quantum–mechanical correlations between the emitters are present. Notwithstanding, superradiance was previously demonstrated only in terms of classical light properties. Here, we provide the missing link between quantum correlations of the active material and photon correlations in the emitted radiation. We use the superradiance of quantum dots in a cavity-quantum electrodynamics laser to show a direct connection between superradiant pulse emission and distinctive changes in the photon correlation function. This directly demonstrates the importance of quantum–mechanical correlations and their transfer between carriers and photons in novel optoelectronic devices.}}, author = {{Jahnke, Frank and Gies, Christopher and Aßmann, Marc and Bayer, Manfred and Leymann, H. A. M. and Foerster, Alexander and Wiersig, Jan and Schneider, Christian and Kamp, Martin and Höfling, Sven}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature America, Inc}}, title = {{{Giant photon bunching, superradiant pulse emission and excitation trapping in quantum-dot nanolasers}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms11540}}, volume = {{7}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{1456, author = {{Ye, Weimin and Zeuner, Franziska and Li, Xin and Reineke, Bernhard and He, Shan and Qiu, Cheng-Wei and Liu, Juan and Wang, Yongtian and Zhang, Shuang and Zentgraf, Thomas}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature}}, title = {{{Spin and wavelength multiplexed nonlinear metasurface holography}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms11930}}, volume = {{7}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{19209, author = {{Heinze, Dirk Florian and Breddermann, Dominik and Zrenner, Artur and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, title = {{{A quantum dot single-photon source with on-the-fly all-optical polarization control and timed emission}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms9473}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{7219, author = {{Kuhlmann, Andreas V. and Prechtel, Jonathan H. and Houel, Julien and Ludwig, Arne and Reuter, Dirk and Wieck, Andreas D. and Warburton, Richard J.}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature}}, title = {{{Transform-limited single photons from a single quantum dot}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms9204}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{4330, abstract = {{Sources of single photons are key elements for applications in quantum information science. Among the different sources available, semiconductor quantum dots excel with their integrability in semiconductor on-chip solutions and the potential that photon emission can be triggered on demand. Usually, the photon is emitted from a single-exciton ground state. Polarization of the photon and time of emission are either probabilistic or pre-determined by electronic properties of the system. Here, we study the direct two-photon emission from the biexciton. The two-photon emission is enabled by a laser pulse driving the system into a virtual state inside the band gap. From this intermediate state, the single photon of interest is then spontaneously emitted. We show that emission through this higher-order transition provides a versatile approach to generate a single photon. Through the driving laser pulse, polarization state, frequency and emission time of the photon can be controlled on-the-fly.}}, author = {{Heinze, Dirk and Breddermann, Dominik and Zrenner, Artur and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Nature}}, title = {{{A quantum dot single-photon source with on-the-fly all-optical polarization control and timed emission}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms9473}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{15857, author = {{Di Nuzzo, Daniele and Fontanesi, Claudio and Jones, Rebecca and Allard, Sybille and Dumsch, Ines and Scherf, Ullrich and von Hauff, Elizabeth and Schumacher, Stefan and Da Como, Enrico}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, title = {{{How intermolecular geometrical disorder affects the molecular doping of donor–acceptor copolymers}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms7460}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{40394, abstract = {{AbstractWalk-off effects, originating from the difference between the group and phase velocities, limit the efficiency of nonlinear optical interactions. While transverse walk-off can be eliminated by proper medium engineering, longitudinal walk-off is harder to avoid. In particular, ultrafast twin-beam generation via pulsed parametric down-conversion and four-wave mixing is only possible in short crystals or fibres. Here we show that in high-gain parametric down-conversion, one can overcome the destructive role of both effects and even turn them into useful tools for shaping the emission. In our experiment, one of the twin beams is emitted along the pump Poynting vector or its group velocity matches that of the pump. The result is markedly enhanced generation of both twin beams, with the simultaneous narrowing of angular and frequency spectrum. The effect will enable efficient generation of ultrafast twin photons and beams in cavities, waveguides and whispering-gallery mode resonators.}}, author = {{Pérez, Angela M. and Spasibko, Kirill Yu and Sharapova, Polina and Tikhonova, Olga V. and Leuchs, Gerd and Chekhova, Maria V.}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry, Multidisciplinary}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Giant narrowband twin-beam generation along the pump-energy propagation direction}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms8707}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{34310, author = {{Elgabarty, Hossam and Khaliullin, Rustam Z. and Kühne, Thomas D.}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, keywords = {{General Physics and Astronomy, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Chemistry}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Covalency of hydrogen bonds in liquid water can be probed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance experiments}}}, doi = {{10.1038/ncomms9318}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2015}}, }