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
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
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., 22 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Communications.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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., 20 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Pattern Recognition.
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
Isofrequency spin-wave imaging using color center magnetometry for magnon spintronics
Mañas-Valero, S., Doedes, Y. C., Bondarenko, A., Borst, M., Kurdi, S., Poirier, T., Edgar, J. H., Jacques, V., Blanter, Y. M. & van der Sar, T., 12 Jan 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 379.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deep ultraviolet ultrashort laser pulses for precise ablation of soft biological tissue
Malikova, T., Beck, R. J., Frazer, T., Brennan, P., Dhaliwal, K., Thomson, R. R. & Shephard, J. D., 1 Jan 2026, In: Biomedical Optics Express. 17, 1, p. 183-201 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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
BREA-Depth: Bronchoscopy Realistic Airway-Geometric Depth Estimation
Zhang, F. X., Mackute, E., Kasaei, M., Dhaliwal, K., Thomson, R. & Khadem, M., 2026, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. MICCAI 2025. Springer, p. 75-85 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15968).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Optical Spin Effects Induced by Phase Conjugation at a Space‐Time Interface
Rizza, C., Contestabile, A., Vincenti, M. A., Castaldi, G., Ferrera, M., Stroppa, A., Scalora, M. & Galdi, V., Jan 2026, In: Small Structures. 7, 1, e202500359.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermodynamic criteria for signaling in quantum channels
Luo, Y., Milz, S. & Binder, F. C., 24 Dec 2025, In: Physical Review Research. 7, 4, 043327.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
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
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
Numerically exact open quantum system work statistics with process tensors
Shubrook, M., Cygorek, M., Gauger, E., Iles-Smith, J. & Nazir, A., 18 Dec 2025, arXiv.
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Optimising Deep-UV Femtosecond Laser Parameters for High-Precision Ablation of Soft Biological Tissue
Malikova, T. K., Beck, R. J., Thomson, R. R. & Shephard, J. D., 18 Dec 2025, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics IV. Huang, Z. & Lilge, L. D. (eds.). SPIE, 139340C. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13934).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Sub-picosecond laser ablation and plume mass spectrometry for the precision resection and diagnosis of soft biological tissue
Frazer, T. P., Beck, R. J., Bitharas, I., Simon, D., Malikova, T. K., Roberts, D. C., Moore, A. J., Ford, L., Takats, Z. & Shephard, J. D., 18 Dec 2025, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics IV. Huang, Z. & Lilge, L. D. (eds.). SPIE, 139342O. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13934).
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
Vector Vortex Beam-Enabled Edge Microscopy with Dynamic Orientation Selectivity
Ahmed, H., Ansari, M. A., Paterson, L., Yang, X. & Chen, X., 17 Dec 2025, In: ACS Photonics. 12, 12, p. 7013-7019 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spectral broadening and post-compression of a high-repetition rate Yb-pumped OPA in the visible and ultraviolet
Kaufman, B., Larsen, K. A., Allum, F., Britton, M., Castellanos, J. L. G., Wilson, R., Bradforth, S. E., Brahms, C., Travers, J. C., Robinson, J. S., Bain, M. & Forbes, R., 15 Dec 2025, In: Optics Letters. 50, 24, p. 7464-7467 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prescribed-Time Leader–Follower Synchronization of Higher-Order Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems via Fuzzy Neural Adaptive Sliding Control
Ullah, S., Babar, M. Z., Alghamdi, S., Alsafran, A. S., Kraiem, H. & Algethami, A. A., 9 Dec 2025, In: Sensors. 25, 24, 7483.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Matrix product state based band Lanczos solver for quantum cluster approaches
Paeckel, S., Köhler, T., Manmana, S. R. & Lenz, B., 2 Dec 2025, In: Physical Review B. 112, 23, 235108.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analysis of the Electric Field and Photocurrent Densities in Germanium-on-Silicon Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes
Muir, D., Saalbach, L., Modak, M., Fleming, F., Yi, X. & Buller, G. S., Dec 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 72, 12, p. 6822-6828 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effect of permanent dipoles on dark states in molecular dimers
Freed, M., Rouse, D. M., Rocco, A., Al-Khalili, J., Florescu, M. & Burgess, A., Dec 2025, In: New Journal of Physics. 27, 12, 124515.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Unifying Collective Effects in Emission, Absorption, and Transfer
Kushwaha, A., Gauger, E. M. & Kassal, I., 27 Nov 2025, arXiv.
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
A large-scale reconfigurable multiplexed quantum photonic network
Herrera Valencia, N., Ma, A., Goel, S., Leedumrongwatthanakun, S., Graffitti, F., Fedrizzi, A., McCutcheon, W. & Malik, M., 26 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Photonics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ground states of quasi-two-dimensional correlated systems via energy expansion
Mardazad, S., Laflorencie, N., Motruk, J. & Kantian, A., 25 Nov 2025, In: Physical Review B. 112, 20, 205133.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Miniaturized mechanical design of a spiral-scanning laser ablation instrument for advanced surgical applications
Karakoyun, A., Beck, R. J., Shephard, J. D. & Erden, M. S., 21 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Procedia CIRP.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
High-capacity directional information processor using all-optical multilayered neural networks
Wang, G., Zang, X., Zhang, T., Tan, Z., Guo, Z., Zhu, Y., Chen, X. & Zhuang, S., 21 Nov 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 47, eadu0904.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Asynchronous Optical Sampling for High-Resolution LiDAR
Wright, H., Nelmes, A. J. M. & Reid, D. T., 16 Nov 2025, Proceedings of Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2025. Kurimura, S. & Yagi, T. (eds.). Springer, p. 69-77 9 p. (Springer Proceedings in Physics; vol. 429).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Decoupling structural molecular dynamics from excited state lifetimes using few-femtosecond ultraviolet resonant dispersive waves
Jackson, S. L., Prentice, A. W., Bertram, L., Hutton, L., Kotsina, N., Brahms, C., Sparling, C., Travers, J. C., Kirrander, A., Paterson, M. J. & Townsend, D., 13 Nov 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 9986.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Influence of rotational errors on the optical transfer matrix in polarization imaging systems
Nie, J., Tuo, Y., Hanson, S. G., Takeda, M. & Wang, W., 10 Nov 2025, Seventeenth International Conference on Correlation Optics. Angelsky, O. V. & Zenkova, C. Y. (eds.). SPIE, 138130R. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13813).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Wavelength-dependent speckle scattering phenomena in birefringent materials with rough interfaces
Liu, S., Hanson, S. G., Takeda, M. & Wang, W., 10 Nov 2025, Seventeenth International Conference on Correlation Optics. Angelsky, O. V. & Zenkova, C. Y. (eds.). SPIE, 138130U. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13813).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Recovering object information by holographic speckle imaging technique
Jia, W., Nie, J., Hanson, S. G., Takeda, M. & Wang, W., 10 Nov 2025, Seventeenth International Conference on Correlation Optics. Angelsky, O. V. & Zenkova, C. Y. (eds.). SPIE, 138130T. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13813).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Assessing Scaling Risks in UAE Carbonate Reservoirs Using Reactive Transport Modelling
Baraka-Lokmane, S., Wang, X., Mackay, E., Singleton, M., Olsen, J., Retana, P., Chicoulaa, F., Alkindi, N. A., Keshtta, O. M. & Kaouche, S., 3 Nov 2025, ADIPEC 2025. Society for Applied Spectroscopy, SPE-230080-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Hardware-in-the-Loop Experimental Validation of a Fault-Tolerant Control System for Quadcopter UAV Motor Faults
Abdullah, M., Zulfiqar, A., Babar, M. Z., Arman, J. H., Hafeez, G., Alsafran, A. S. & Rawa, M., Nov 2025, In: Fractal and Fractional. 9, 11, 1 p., 682.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Performance modeling of a laser range-gated imaging system; a comparative analysis of state-of-the-art laser and camera technology
Tully, R., Hall, L., Thomson, I. J., Hand, D. P. & Esser, M. J. D., 29 Oct 2025, SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2025 Proceedings: High-Power Lasers and Technologies for Optical Countermeasures III. SPIE, PC1367508
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Virtual Gates Enabled by Digital Surrogate of Quantum Dot Devices
Lidiak, A., Swain, J., Craig, D. L., Hickie, J., Yang, Y., Fedele, F., Saez-Mollejo, J., Ballabio, A., Chrastina, D., Isella, G., Katsaros, G., Lennon, D. T., Michal, V. P., Gauger, E. M. & Ares, N., 28 Oct 2025, arXiv.
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Robust IoT security using isolation forest and one class SVM algorithms
Zahoor, A., Abbasi, W., Babar, M. Z. & Aljohani, A., 21 Oct 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 36586.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A group-theoretic approach to elimination measurements of qubit sequences
Hillery, M., Andersson, E. & Puthoor, I. V., 20 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 58, 42, 425301.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Laser Shaping for On-Demand High-Brightness Ultrashort Electron and X-Ray Instrumentation
Zhang, H., Sun, L., Lemons, R., Hirschman, J., Belli, F. & Carbaio, S., 14 Oct 2025, 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. IEEE, 11191001
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Programming 7-Dimensional Time-Bin Measurements Inside a Multi-Mode Fiber
Danese, D., Srivastav, V., Leedumrongwatthanakun, S., McCutcheon, W. & Malik, M., 14 Oct 2025, 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. IEEE, 11190521
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Forecasting of Domestic and Commercial Power Demands Using Machine Learning for the LESCO Region in Pakistan
Manzoor, H. A., Ellahi, M., Rehman, S. U., Babar, M. Z., Arif, W. & Saeed, A., Oct 2025, In: CIGRE Science and Engineering. 38, p. 1-26 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tailoring Optical Properties in Organic Polymers: from Ion-Injected GRIN Materials to Nonlinear Optical Tuning
Franceschini, P., Jaffray, W., Tognazzi, A., Stengel, S., Demartis, V. M., de Ceglia, D., Carletti, L., Menshikov, E., Alessandri, I., Cino, A. C., Scalora, M., De Angelis, C., Torricelli, F., Ferrera, M. & Vincenti, M. A., 26 Sept 2025, 19th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials). IEEE, p. X348-X349 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Membrane phononic integrated circuits
Hirsch, T. M. F., Mauranyapin, N. P., Romero, E., Harris, G. I., Jin, X., Arora, N., Bekker, C. J., Meng, C., Bowen, W. P. & Baker, C. G., 9 Sept 2025, arXiv.
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Scalable Registration of Single Quantum Emitters within Solid Immersion Lenses through Femtosecond Laser Writing
Jones, A. R., Cheng, X., Parthasarathy, S. K., Arshad, M. J., Cilibrizzi, P., Nagy, R., Salter, P., Smith, J., Bonato, C. & Bekker, C., 30 Jul 2025, In: Nano Letters. 25, 30, p. 11528-11535 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Microdisplacement sensor based on a processed optical fiber by an ultrafast laser-assisted etching method
Pérez-Herrera, R. A., Roldan-Varona, P., Sanchez-Gonzalez, A., Gomez-Galdos, C., Lopez-Amo, M., Lopez-Higuera, J. M. & Rodriguez-Cobo, L., 22 May 2025, 29th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors. Santos, J. L., Sainz, M.L.-A. & Sun, T. (eds.). SPIE, 1363966. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 13639).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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
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