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Outline

Advances in device fabrication techniques have enabled integration of individual nanomaterials, where single electrons and single photons could be addressed. We exploit state-of-the-art nanofabrication technologies to develop and engineer optoelectronic devices with novel functionalities that can only be achieved by utilizing the quantum nature of electrons and photons at the nanoscale. We investigate devices that would allow for control over the interactions between electrons and photons at the quantum mechanical level, which would lead to quantum photon sources and optical-to-electrical quantum interfaces.

Fields

Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering

Keywords

optoelectronics, quantum devices, nanoscale devices, carbon nanotubes, photonic crystals

Subjects

1. Room-temperature telecommunication-wavelength single photon source
2. Electroluminescence devices with extremely low energy dissipation
3. Optical sensors with novel functionalities

Selected Publications

1. Fang, N., Chang, Y. R., Fujii, S., Yamashita, D., Maruyama, M., Gao, Y., Fong, C. F., Kozawa D., Otsuka, K., Nagashio, K., Okada, S., Kato, Y. K.: “Room-temperature quantum emission from interface excitons in mixed-dimensional heterostructures,” Nature Commun. 15, 2871 (2024).
2. Fujii, S., Fang, N., Yamashita, D., Kozawa D., Fong, C. F., Kato, Y. K.: “Van der Waals decoration of ultra-high-Q silica microcavities for χ(2)-χ(3) hybrid nonlinear photonics,” Nano Lett. 24, 4209 (2024).
3. Fang, N., Chang, Y. R., Yamashita, D., Fujii, S., Maruyama, M., Gao, Y., Fong, C. F., Otsuka, K., Nagashio, K., Okada, S., Kato, Y. K.: “Resonant exciton transfer in mixed-dimensional heterostructures for overcoming dimensional restrictions in optical processes,” Nature Commun. 14, 8152 (2023).
4. Kozawa, D., Wu, X., Ishii, A., Fortner, J., Otsuka, K., Xiang, R., Inoue, T., Maruyama, S., Wang, Y-H., Kato, Y. K.: “Formation of organic color centers in air-suspended carbon nanotubes using vapor-phase reaction,” Nature Commun. 13, 2814 (2022).
5. Otsuka, K., Fang, N., Yamashita, D., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., and Kato, Y. K.: “Deterministic transfer of optical-quality carbon nanotubes for atomically defined technology” , Nature Commun. 12, 3138 (2021).

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