Diamond photonics is an ever-growing field of research driven by the prospects of
harnessing diamond and its colour centres as suitable hardware for solid-state quantum …

The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

Silicon carbide has recently surged as an alternative material for scalable and integrated
quantum photonics, as it is a host for naturally occurring color centers within its bandgap …

Adaptive optics are becoming a valuable tool for laser processing, providing enhanced
functionality and flexibility for a range of systems. Using a single adaptive element, it is …

During femtosecond laser fabrication, photons are mainly absorbed by electrons, and the
subsequent energy transfer from electrons to ions is of picosecond order. Hence, lattice …

Ultrafast laser direct writing (ULDW) is explored as a facile technique to induce
unprecedented physical phenomena and functional structures three dimensionally in glass …

Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen-
vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly …

The efficient characterization of quantum systems,,, the verification of the operations of
quantum devices,, and the validation of underpinning physical models,,, are central …

Optically active spin defects in wide-bandgap materials have many potential applications in
quantum information and quantum sensing. Spin defects in two-dimensional layered van der …

Nitrogen is ubiquitous in both natural and laboratory-grown diamond, but the number and
nature of the nitrogen-containing defects can have a profound effect on the diamond …