The generation, manipulation, storage, and detection of single photons play a central role in
emerging photonic quantum information technology. Individual photons serve as flying …

Quantum mechanics promises to have a strong impact on many aspects of research and
technology, improving classical analogues via purely quantum effects. A large variety of …

Tunable biaxial stresses, both tensile and compressive, are applied to a single layer
graphene by utilizing piezoelectric actuators. The Grüneisen parameters for the phonons …

We study the effect of an external biaxial stress on the light emission of single InGaAs/GaAs
(001) quantum dots placed onto piezoelectric actuators. With increasing compression, the …

A light-hole exciton is a quasiparticle formed from a single electron bound to a single light
hole. This type of fundamental excitation, if confined inside a semiconductor quantum dot …

The tailoring of the physical properties of semiconductor nanomaterials by strain has been
gaining increasing attention over the last years for a wide range of applications such as …

We study the effect of elastic anisotropic biaxial strain, induced by a piezoelectric actuator,
on the light emitted by neutral excitons confined in different kinds of epitaxial quantum dots …

Integration of entangled photon sources in a quantum photonic chip has enabled the most
envisioned quantum photonic technologies to be performed in a compact platform with …

Solid-state quantum emitters embedded in circular Bragg resonators are attractive due to
their ability to emit quantum light with high brightness and low multiphoton probability. As for …

Ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of (001) 0.72 PbMg 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3–0.28 PbTiO 3
(PMN–28% PT) single crystals have been investigated from cryogenic temperatures to 475 …