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  1. arXiv:2604.18155  [pdf, ps, other

    physics.optics physics.app-ph

    Enhanced Mid-Infrared Single-Photon Detection with Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Nanowires

    Authors: Dip Joti Paul, Stewart Koppell, Gregor G. Taylor, Boris Korzh, Sahil R. Patel, Andrew D. Beyer, Emma E. Wollman, Matthew D. Shaw, Phillip D. Keathley, Karl K. Berggren

    Abstract: Scaling the photon-detection area of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) has traditionally been achieved by nanowire meandering. However, material inhomogeneities and fabrication-induced defects, such as line-edge roughness, increase with nanowire length, leading to reduced internal photon-detection efficiency and elevated dark-count rates. This trade-off becomes increasingly… ▽ More

    Submitted 12 August, 2026; v1 submitted 20 April, 2026; originally announced April 2026.

    Comments: 39 pages, 10 figures

    Journal ref: Nano Lett. (2026) 26 (31): 10227-10234

  2. arXiv:2512.18063  [pdf, ps, other

    physics.app-ph

    Fast-Recovery Epitaxial NbN Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors with Saturated Efficiency at 1550 nm in Liquid Helium

    Authors: Francesca Incalza, Matteo Castellani, Dip Joti Paul, Alejandro Simon, Emma Batson, Davide Mondin, Owen Medeiros, Karl K. Berggren

    Abstract: Achieving both high internal efficiency and fast reset times at elevated temperatures remains challenging due to limited understanding of how film properties govern SNSPD performance. We demonstrate that epitaxial NbN films on sapphire enable simultaneous high efficiency and rapid response. We fabricate and characterize SNSPDs based on these films deposited via DC magnetron sputtering on c-cut sap… ▽ More

    Submitted 19 December, 2025; originally announced December 2025.

    Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures

  3. arXiv:2506.00115  [pdf, ps, other

    hep-ph cond-mat.mes-hall hep-ex physics.ins-det

    Dark Matter Haloscope with a Disordered Dielectric Absorber

    Authors: Stewart Koppell, Otavio D. A. R. Bittencourt, Dip Joti Paul, Junwu Huang, Masha Baryakhtar, Karl K. Berggren

    Abstract: Light dark matter candidates such as axions and dark photons generically couple to electromagnetism, yielding dark-matter-to-photon conversion as a key search strategy. In addition to resonant conversion in cavities and circuits, light dark matter bosons efficiently convert to photons on material interfaces, with a broadband power proportional to the total area of these interfaces. In this work, w… ▽ More

    Submitted 20 August, 2026; v1 submitted 30 May, 2025; originally announced June 2025.

    Comments: 35 pages, 8 figures and appendices, comments welcomed

    Journal ref: Phys. Rev. D 113, 083045 (2026)

  4. arXiv:2504.16314  [pdf, ps, other

    physics.app-ph

    Photolithography-Compatible Three-Terminal Superconducting Switch for Driving CMOS Loads

    Authors: Dip Joti Paul, Tony X. Zhou, Karl K. Berggren

    Abstract: Superconducting devices have enabled breakthrough performance in quantum sensing and ultra-low-power computing. Nevertheless, the need for a cryo-electronics platform that can interface superconductor electronics with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) devices has become increasingly evident in many cutting-edge applications. In this work, we present a three-terminal micrometer-wide su… ▽ More

    Submitted 30 August, 2025; v1 submitted 22 April, 2025; originally announced April 2025.

    Comments: 8 figures, Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 024060 - Published 25 August, 2025

    Journal ref: Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 024060 (2025)

  5. arXiv:2503.00169  [pdf, other

    physics.optics cond-mat.supr-con

    Determination of Mid-Infrared Refractive Indices of Superconducting Thin Films Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

    Authors: Dip Joti Paul, Tony X. Zhou, Karl K. Berggren

    Abstract: In this work, we present a technique to determine the mid-infrared refractive indices of thin superconducting films using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In particular, we performed FTIR transmission and reflection measurements on 10-nm-thick NbN and 15-nm-thick MoSi films in the wavelength range of 2.5 to 25 $μ$m, corresponding to frequencies of 12-120 THz or photon energies of 50… ▽ More

    Submitted 16 May, 2025; v1 submitted 28 February, 2025; originally announced March 2025.

    Comments: 9 figures

    Journal ref: Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 252601 (2025)

  6. arXiv:2212.02853  [pdf, other

    physics.atom-ph

    A tuneable wavelength reference for chip-scale laser cooling

    Authors: S. Dyer, K. Gallacher, U. Hawley, A. Bregazzi, P. F. Griffin, A. S. Arnold, D. J. Paul, E. Riis, J. P. McGilligan

    Abstract: We demonstrate a tuneable, chip-scale wavelength reference to greatly reduce the complexity and volume of cold-atom sensors. A 1 mm optical path length micro-fabricated cell provides an atomic wavelength reference, with dynamic frequency control enabled by Zeeman shifting the atomic transition through the magnetic field generated by the printed circuit board (PCB) coils. The dynamic range of the l… ▽ More

    Submitted 6 December, 2022; originally announced December 2022.

    Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures

  7. arXiv:2208.00680  [pdf, other

    physics.atom-ph

    Invited Review: Micro-fabricated components for cold atom sensors

    Authors: J. P. McGilligan, K. Gallacher, P. F. Griffin, D. J. Paul, A. S. Arnold, E. Riis

    Abstract: Laser cooled atoms have proven transformative for precision metrology, playing a pivotal role in state-of-the-art clocks and interferometers, and having the potential to provide a step-change in our modern technological capabilities. To successfully explore their full potential, laser cooling platforms must be translated from the laboratory environment and into portable, compact quantum sensors fo… ▽ More

    Submitted 1 August, 2022; originally announced August 2022.

    Comments: 29 pages, 16 figures

  8. arXiv:2109.13715  [pdf, other

    physics.ins-det physics.app-ph physics.geo-ph

    A Nineteen Day Earth Tide Measurement with a MEMS Gravimeter

    Authors: A. Prasad, R. P. Middlemiss, K. Anastasiou, S. G. Bramsiepe, A. Noack, D. J. Paul, K. Toland, P. R. Utting, G. D. Hammond

    Abstract: The measurement of tiny variations in local gravity enables the observation of subterranean features. Gravimeters have historically been extremely expensive instruments, but usable gravity measurements have recently been conducted using MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) sensors. Such sensors are cheap to produce, since they rely on the same fabrication techniques used to produce mobile phone a… ▽ More

    Submitted 28 September, 2021; originally announced September 2021.

    Comments: 25 pages, 5 figures

  9. arXiv:2102.05528  [pdf, other

    physics.app-ph

    A MEMS gravimeter with multi-axis gravitational sensitivity

    Authors: Richard P. Middlemiss, Paul Campsie, William Cunningham, Rebecca Douglas, Victoria McIvor, James Hough, Sheila Rowan, Douglas J. Paul, Abhinav Prasad, G. D. Hammond

    Abstract: A single-axis Microelectromechanical system gravimeter has recently been developed at the University of Glasgow. The sensitivity and stability of this device was demonstrated by measuring the Earth tides. The success of this device was enabled in part by its extremely low resonant frequency. This low frequency was achieved with a geometric anti-spring design, fabricated using well-established phot… ▽ More

    Submitted 10 February, 2021; originally announced February 2021.

  10. arXiv:2101.05518  [pdf, other

    physics.optics physics.app-ph

    THz intersubband electroluminescence from n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures

    Authors: David Stark, Muhammad Mirza, Luca Persichetti, Michele Montanari, Sergej Markmann, Mattias Beck, Thomas Grange, Stefan Birner, Michele Virgilio, Chiara Ciano, Michele Ortolani, Cedric Corley, Giovanni Capellini, Luciana Di Gaspare, Monica De Seta, Douglas J. Paul, Jérôme Faist, Giacomo Scalari

    Abstract: We report electroluminescence originating from L-valley transitions in n-type Ge/Si$_{0.15}$Ge$_{0.85}$ quantum cascade structures centered at 3.4 and 4.9 THz with a line broadening of $Δf/f \approx 0.2$. Three strain-compensated heterostructures, grown on a Si substrate by ultrahigh vacuum chemical vapor deposition, have been investigated. The design is based on a single quantum well active regio… ▽ More

    Submitted 14 January, 2021; originally announced January 2021.

    Journal ref: Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 101101 (2021)

  11. arXiv:1906.02484  [pdf

    physics.app-ph

    Strain analysis of Ge micro disk using precession electron diffraction

    Authors: Aneeqa Bashir, Ross. W. Millar, Kevin Gallacher, Douglas. J. Paul, Amith. D. Darbal, Robert Stroud, Andrea Ballabio, Jacopo Frigerio, Giovanni Isella, Ian MacLaren

    Abstract: The recently developed precession electron diffraction (PED) technique in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has been used to elucidate the local strain distribution and crystalline misorientation in CMOS fabricated strained Ge micro disk structure grown on Si substrate. Such structures are considered to be a compact optical source for the future photonics due to the specific undercu… ▽ More

    Submitted 6 June, 2019; originally announced June 2019.

  12. arXiv:1802.04152  [pdf

    physics.app-ph cond-mat.mes-hall

    Mid Infrared Nonlinear Plasmonics using Germanium Nanoantennas on Silicon Substrates

    Authors: Marco P. Fischer, Aaron Riede, Kevin Gallacher, Jacopo Frigerio, Giovanni Pellegrini, Michele Ortolani, Douglas J. Paul, Giovanni Isella, Alfred Leitenstorfer, Paolo Biagioni, Daniele Brida

    Abstract: We demonstrate third harmonic generation in plasmonic antennas made of highly doped germanium and designed to be resonant in the mid infrared. Owing to the near-field enhancement, the result is an ultrafast, sub-diffraction, coherent light source tunable between 3 and 5 micrometer wavelength on a silicon substrate. To observe nonlinearity in this challenging spectral region, a high-power femtoseco… ▽ More

    Submitted 12 February, 2018; originally announced February 2018.

  13. A High Stability Optical Shadow Sensor with Applications for Precision Accelerometers

    Authors: Steven G Bramsiepe, David Loomes, Richard P Middlemiss, Douglas J Paul, Giles D Hammond

    Abstract: Gravimeters are devices which measure changes in the value of the gravitational acceleration, \textit{g}. This information is used to infer changes in density under the ground allowing the detection of subsurface voids; mineral, oil and gas reserves; and even the detection of the precursors of volcanic eruptions. A micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) gravimeter has been fabricated completely in… ▽ More

    Submitted 3 November, 2017; originally announced November 2017.

    Comments: 8 Pages, 12 figures, 5 equations, currently submitted and under review at IEEE Sensors SIEL

  14. arXiv:1603.06339  [pdf

    cond-mat.mes-hall physics.optics

    Optical Activation of Germanium Plasmonic Antennas in the Mid Infrared

    Authors: Marco P. Fischer, Christian Schmidt, Emilie Sakat, Johannes Stock, Antonio Samarelli, Jacopo Frigerio, Michele Ortolani, Douglas J. Paul, Giovanni Isella, Alfred Leitenstorfer, Paolo Biagioni, Daniele Brida

    Abstract: Impulsive interband excitation with femtosecond near-infrared pulses establishes a plasma response in intrinsic germanium structures fabricated on a silicon substrate. This direct approach activates the plasmonic resonance of the Ge structures and enables their use as optical antennas up to the mid-infrared spectral range. The optical switching lasts for hundreds of picoseconds until charge recomb… ▽ More

    Submitted 10 June, 2016; v1 submitted 21 March, 2016; originally announced March 2016.

    Journal ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 047401 (2016)

  15. arXiv:1502.05829  [pdf

    cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci physics.optics

    Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Platform based on Heavily Doped Epitaxial Ge-on-Si: Retrieving the Optical Constants of Thin Ge Epilayers

    Authors: Leonetta Baldassarre, Eugenio Calandrini, Antonio Samarelli, Kevin Gallacher, Douglas J. Paul, Jacopo Frigerio, Giovanni Isella, Emilie Sakat, Marco Finazzi, Paolo Biagioni, Michele Ortolani

    Abstract: The n-type Ge-on-Si epitaxial material platform enables a novel paradigm for plasmonics in the mid-infrared, prompting the future development of lab-on-a-chip and subwavelength vibrational spectroscopic sensors. In order to exploit this material, through proper electrodynamic design, it is mandatory to retrieve the dielectric constants of the thin Ge epilayers with high precision due to the differ… ▽ More

    Submitted 20 February, 2015; originally announced February 2015.

    Comments: Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on