Publications

Recent advances in single-photon detection towards the short-wave infrared spectral region
Saalbach, L., Fleming, F., Yi, X. & Buller, G. S., 31 Dec 2026, In: Advances in Physics: X. 11, 1, 2611978.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A Two-Stage Learning Framework with a Beam Image Dataset for Automatic Laser Resonator Alignment
Guo, S., Risbridger, D., Robb, D., Kong, X., Esser, M. J. D., Chantler, M. J., Carter, R. & Erden, M. S., Aug 2026, In: Pattern Recognition. 176, 113145.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A laser-based heat treatment process for the fabrication of a bistable structure
Wynne, D., L. Reuben, R. & P. Hand, D., 15 Jun 2026, In: Materials Letters. 413, 140454.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Breathing dynamics and sonic horizon ring formation in ultracold atomic system with harmonic potential
Wang, P., Zhou, X., Wang, Y., Cao, N. & Wang, W., 28 Apr 2026, In: Physics Letters A. 576, 131441.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Combined second harmonic generation and polarization rotation using dispersion-engineered lithium niobate waveguides
Dorrah, F., Kandas, I., Saleh, M. F. & Elzahaby, E., 24 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Optics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spectral-crystal efficiency mapping: An analytical tool for visualizing the parametric conversion potential of broadband sources
Robarts, S. C., Reid, D. T. & McCracken, R. A., 11 Mar 2026, In: Physical Review Applied. 25, 3, 034036.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comb-mode sweeping in a 650 nm–1030 nm astrocomb
Cheng, Y. S., Dadi, K., Newman, W., Charsley, J. M., McCracken, R. A. & Reid, D. T., 9 Mar 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 5, p. 8569-8578 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Equilibration of objective observables in a dynamical model of quantum measurements
Engineer, S., Rivlin, T., Wollmann, S., Malik, M. & Lock, M. P. E., 9 Mar 2026, In: Physical Review A. 113, 3, 032205.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Human activity recognition at a kilometer range using single-photon LiDAR
Plosz, S., Tobin, R., McCarthy, A., Wade, E., Scholes, S., Soan, P. J., Halimi, A., Buller, G. S. & Leach, J., 9 Mar 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 5, p. 8323-8339 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ultrafast Solution-Phase Photochemistry Revealed by Multioctave Continuum Probe
Godínez Castellanos, J. L., Oliver, T. A. A., Larsen, K. A., Brahms, C., Travers, J. C., Forbes, R., Bain, M. & Bradforth, S. E., 5 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 17, 9, p. 2634–2643 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
All-optical polarisation control in time-varying low-index films via plasma symmetry breaking
Jaffray, W., Stengel, S., Boltasseva, A., Shalaev, V. M., Vincenti, M. A., de Ceglia, D., Scalora, M., Rizza, C. & Ferrera, M., 5 Mar 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Photonics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Study of the Avalanche Multiplication and Excess Noise in Al_xIn_1–xAs_γSb_1-γ Avalanche Photodiodes Lattice-Matched to GaSb
Jin, X., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Tian, Q., Yi, X., Tao, X., Craig, A., Modak, M., Marshall, A., Xu, Y., Wang, G., David, J. P. R. & Buller, G. S., 4 Mar 2026, In: ACS Photonics. 13, 5, p. 1275-1283 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Vacancy Cluster-Mediated Epitaxial Layer-by-Layer Growth of van der Waals Heterostructures
Lee, J., Yun, S. J., Choi, S. H., Kim, H.-J., Kim, H. S., Kim, M., Cha, W., Cho, B. W., Krishna, S., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. Y., Kim, Y.-M., Han, Y.-K., Lee, Y. H. & Kim, K. K., 3 Mar 2026, In: ACS Nano. 20, 8, p. 7058-7068 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantum dot emission enhancement via coupling with an epsilon-near-zero sublayer
Stengel, S., Choi, J. I., Solanki, A. B., Ather, H., Chen, P. G., Triplett, B. M., Ozlu, M., Choi, K. R., Senichev, A., Jaffray, W., Lagutchev, A. S., Caspani, L., Clerici, M., Razzari, L., Morandotti, R., Ferrera, M., Boltasseva, A. & Shalaev, V. M., Mar 2026, In: APL Quantum. 3, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Construction of Stokes probability clouds from the polarization matrices for thermal light and polarization speckle
Wang, W. & Takeda, M., 23 Feb 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 4, p. 6312-6322 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards a single-laser-diode-pumped 15-GHz Ti:sapphire astrocomb
Allan, E., Yuk-Shan, C., Dadi, K., Charsley, J. M., Newman, W., Ostapenko, H., Castro-Marín, P., McCracken, R. A. & Reid, D. T., 23 Feb 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 4, p. 6025-6032 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Verifying Urdu news authenticity using deep learning with concatenated BERT and GloVe embedding
Feroz, A., Abbasi, W., Babar, M. Z. & Aljohani, A., 20 Feb 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 7352.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Techno-Economic and Environmental Performance Assessment of a 1 MW Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Under Subtropical Monsoon Conditions
Saleem, M. U., Samad, A., Rahman, S. U. & Babar, M. Z., 10 Feb 2026, In: Processes. 14, 4, 616.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Underwater 3D imaging using a single-photon avalanche diode detector array with multi-event time-to-digital conversion
Zhang, R., Martin, G. M., Henderson, R. K., Buller, G. S., Gyongy, I. & Maccarone, A., 9 Feb 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 3, p. 5366-5381 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optical Sensing Near the Quantum Limit with Enhanced Dynamic Range by Resolving the Spectra of Interfering Photons
Brooks, R. M. J., Maggio, L., Jaeken, T., Ho, J., Gauger, E. M., Tamma, V. & Fedrizzi, A., 9 Feb 2026, In: Physical Review Letters. 136, 6, 060803.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Highly tunable band structure in ferroelectric R-stacked bilayer WSe₂
Li, Z., Tkhor, P., Kourmoulakis, G., Ivanova, T., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Yu, H., Brotons i Gisbert, M. & Gerardot, B. D., 6 Feb 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 2457.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantum time crystals and interacting chiral gauge theories in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates: Role of the Page-Wootters mechanism
Öhberg, P. & Wright, E. M., 3 Feb 2026, In: Physical Review A. 113, 2, 023304.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Controlling coherence between waveguide-coupled quantum dots
Hallett, D., Wiercinski, J., Hallacy, L., Sheldon, S., Dost, R., Martin, N., Fenzl, A., Farrer, I., Verma, A. K., Cygorek, M., Gauger, E. M., Skolnick, M. S. & Wilson, L. R., Feb 2026, In: Physical Review Applied. 25, 2, L021003.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optical Spectroscopic Evaluation on the Acquisition of Optimal Sonication Temperature for Efficient Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Molybdenum Disulfide
Abdullah, F.A.-Z. S. B., Lee, W. N., Öhberg, P., Goh, B., Chong, W., Ahmad, H., Hayashi, Y., Nishikawa, T. & Yap, Y., Feb 2026, In: Materials Today Communications. 51, 114910.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Temporal, spectral, and modal analysis of a thin-slab Tm:LuLF hybrid stable-unstable laser
Sadovy Cockburn, L., Tully, R., Sanwell, J., Martin, L. J., Groult, L. & Esser, M. J. D., 18 Jan 2026.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Quantum information processing with spatially structured light
Goel, S., Ghosh, B. & Malik, M., Jan 2026, In: Advanced Photonics. 8, 1, 014005.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photoexcitation of moiré-trapped interlayer excitons via chiral phonons
Borel, A., Ivanova, T. V., Cervantes-Villanueva, J., Thor, P., Baek, H., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Molina-Sanchez, A., Gerardot, B. D. & Brotons i Gisbert, M., 24 Dec 2025, arXiv.
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
High-Gain, Low-Noise Ge-On-Si Short-Wave Infrared Avalanche Photodiodes Linear Arrays
Kirdoda, J., Mirza, M. M. A., Modak, M., Yi, X., Tian, Q., Saalbach, L., Fleming, F., Dumas, D. C. S., Smith, C. K., Jin, X., Tegg, L., Yamini, S. A., David, J. P. R., Paul, D. J., Buller, G. S. & Millar, R. W., 22 Dec 2025, 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). IEEE, 11282016
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
AlInAsSb on GaSb Avalanche Photodiodes for eSWIR Detection
Zhao, Y., Jin, X., Zhou, W., Yi, X., Tian, Q., Tao, X., Craig, A. P., Fleming, F., Modak, M., Marshall, A. R. J., Xu, Y., Wang, G., Buller, G. S. & David, J. P. R., 22 Dec 2025, 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). IEEE, 11282320
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Ultrashort laser pulses for application in cancer surgery
Beck, R. J., Malikova, T. K., Bitharas, I., Moore, A. J., Thomson, R. R. & Shephard, J. D., 18 Dec 2025, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics IV. Huang, Z. & Lilge, L. D. (eds.). SPIE, 1393406. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13934).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Enhancing deep inclusion localisation in diffuse optical tomography by time-gated datatypes
Ejidike, I. A. E. & Tanner, M. G., 18 Dec 2025, Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging X. Contini, D., Hoshi, Y. & O'Sullivan, T. D. (eds.). SPIE, 139351K. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13935).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
A radiation source and method for generating output radiation
Belli, F. (Inventor), Almeghari, A. (Inventor), Campi, F. (Inventor), Abdolvand, A. (Inventor), Hezaveh, M. S. (Inventor) & Tao, Y. (Inventor), 17 Dec 2025, European Patent Office, Patent No. EP4664194A2, 29 Sept 2025
Research output: Patent
Quantum protocols for Rabin oblivious transfer
Andersson, A. E. E., Bansal, A., Peat, J., Sikora, J. & Wu, J., 9 Dec 2025, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025): Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs). Aiswarya, C., Mehta, R. & Roy, S. (eds.). Dagstuhl, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Vol. 360. 7. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 360).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
High-flux single-photon LiDAR imaging through obscurants at count rates above pile-up limitations
Farina, S., Maccarone, A., Labanca, I., McCarthy, A., Acconcia, G., Rech, I. & Buller, G. S., Dec 2025, In: APL Photonics. 10, 12, 126122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ensemble source de rayonnement à large bande et procédé de génération de rayonnement à large bande
Translated title of the contribution: Broadband radiation source assembly and method of generating broadband radiationAbdolvand, A. (Inventor), Assendelft, J. (Inventor), Travers, J. C. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor), Almeghari, A. (Inventor), Jenkins, G. W. (Inventor), Kim, T. S. (Inventor), Karpate, T. (Inventor) & Hinnen, P. C. (Inventor), 19 Nov 2025, European Patent Office, Patent No. EP4650866A1, 16 May 2024, Priority date 3 Apr 2025, Priority No. PCT/EP2025/059081
Research output: Patent
Addressing temporal and spectral instabilities in a Tm:LLF hybrid stable-unstable laser resonator
Tully, R., Sadovy Cockburn, L., Sanwell, J., Martin, L. J., Groult, L. & Esser, M. J. D., 22 Oct 2025, Optica Laser Congress Congress 2025. Optica Publishing Group, JW2A.19
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Simultaneous Nonlinear Frequency Conversion and Spectral Phase Transfer in Gas-Filled Fibers
Zhang, H., Sun, L., Hirschman, J., Belli, F. & Carbajo, S., 4 Aug 2025, Proceedings: Optica Nonlinear Optics 2025 (NLO). Optica Publishing Group, W4A.9
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Optical parametric oscillator system
Travers, J. C. (Inventor) & Belli, F. (Inventor), 8 Jul 2025, Patent No. US12353113B2, 26 Nov 2021
Research output: Patent
Radiation Source / Source de rayonnement
Abdolvand, A. (Inventor), Lekosiotis, A. (Inventor), Travers, J. C. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor) & Plosz, B. (Inventor), 30 May 2025, Patent No. WO2025108684A1, 5 Nov 2024
Research output: Patent
System zur strahlungserweiterung
Translated title of the contribution: Radiation broadening systemBuijs, R. (Inventor), Abdolvand, A. (Inventor) & Belli, F. (Inventor), 9 Apr 2025, European Patent Office, Patent No. EP4535071A1, 2 Oct 2023, Priority date 2 Oct 2023, Priority No. PCT/EP2024/074925
Research output: Patent
A complex media platform for quantum networking using structured light
Herrera Valencia, N., Ma, A., Goel, S., Leedumrongwatthanakun, S., Graffitti, F., Fedrizzi, A., McCutcheon, W. & Malik, M., 19 Mar 2025, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 13393, PC133930E.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based broadband radiation generator
Travers, J. C. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor), Brahms, C. (Inventor), Brouns, A. J. A. (Inventor) & Hugers, R. F. H. (Inventor), 25 Feb 2025, Patent No. US12237639B2, 20 Dec 2022
Research output: Patent
Characterizing few-cycle ultraviolet resonant dispersive waves through direct field sampling
Larsen, K. A., Lantigua, C., Kincaid, C., Allum, F., Britton, M., Godínez Castellanos, J. L., Kaufman, B., Neuhaus, M., Sylla, F., Kim, K. T., Bradforth, S. E., Kling, M. F., Robinson, J. S., Brahms, C., Travers, J. C., Chini, M., Bain, M. & Forbes, R., 2025, Laser Science 2025. Optica Publishing Group, LTh3F.3
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Low-threshold fifth-harmonic generation from an ytterbium laser through four-wave mixing in hollow-core antiresonant fibers
Ališauskas, A., Mears, R., Sabbah, M., Harrington, K., Wadsworth, W. J., Stone, J. M., Birks, T. A. & Travers, J. C., 2025, Frontiers in Optics 2025. OSA Publishing, FW6B.2
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
System and method for producing supercontinuum radiation
Sabbah, M. (Inventor), Travers, J. C. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor) & Brahms, C. (Inventor), 31 Jul 2024, Patent No. EP4407372A1, 30 Jan 2023
Research output: Patent
Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based broadband radiation generator
Travers, J. C. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor), Brahms, C. (Inventor), Brouns, A. J. A. (Inventor) & Hugers, R. F. H. (Inventor), 27 Apr 2022, Patent No. EP3988996A1
Research output: Patent
Thermally modified TRMC for characterisation of VO₂ conductivity
Abdullahi, Q., Dzipalski, A., Raguenes, C., Goussetis, G., Hand, D., Anagnostou, D. & Jose, G., 2022, Proceedings of the international conference on materials - properties, measurements and applications: abstract book. Fatima Mata National College, p. 28 1 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Unscrambling pixel entanglement through complex scattering channels
Malik, M., McCutcheon, W., Herrera Valencia, N., Srivastav, V., Goel, S., Defienne, H., Huber, M., Friis, N. & Pivoluska, M., 5 Mar 2021, SPIE OPTO 2021: Complex Light and Optical Forces XV. SPIE, 117010J. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 11701).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Method and device for creating supercontinuum light pulses
Abdolvand, A. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor), Travers, J. C. (Inventor) & St. J. Russell, P. (Inventor), 3 Jul 2019, Patent No. EP2942847B1
Research output: Patent
Method and device for creating supercontinuum light pulses
Abdolvand, A. (Inventor), Belli, F. (Inventor), Travers, J. C. (Inventor) & St. J. Russell, P. (Inventor), 13 Oct 2015, Patent No. US9160137B1
Research output: Patent