Current topics for a master thesis available here
Started DAAD project on color centers in nanodiamond with the Institute of Physics of CAS, Prague!
Our latest work on SiV centers published in Appl. Phys. Lett. and highlighted in Kudos
Our latest work on nanocone antennas published in Adv. Photonics Res.
The Laboratory for Nano-Optics deeply regrets the tragic accident and the death of Dr. Dmitry Fedyanin. We express our sincere condolences to Dmitry's family and friends. Dmitry was a recipient of a Walter Benjamin Position of the DFG on “Pulsed electrically driven single-photon sources on diamond” and since July 2023 he has been a research associate in our group. We have been collaborating since almost a decade on the electroluminescence from color centers in diamond. We mourn the loss of a good friend and of a talented young scientist.
Group member Navid Soltani obtains the PhD in Physics. Congratulations!
Our book chapter on ultrafast single-photon detection published in Advances in Nonlinear Photonics.
Our latest work on ODMR published in Adv. Quantum Technol.
Join the celebrations for the 50th birthday of the University of Siegen. Check out the program Offene Uni.
Group member Lukas Hunold receives the student prize of the Kreis Olpe for his master thesis. Congratulations Lukas!
Our latest work on biosensing with planar antennas published in Biomed. Opt. Express
Check out the Adv. Photonics Theme Issue on Photonics Advances Quantum Science and Technologies
Our article on scalable SiV creation by ion implantation on the front cover of the December Issue of Adv. Quantum Technol.
Check out the JOSA B Feature Issue on Light-Matter Interaction in Complex Photonics Systems
Our latest work on planar antennas published in JOSA B
Our review on silicon-vacancy centers in diamond published in Frontiers in Physics
Abstracts and Proceedings
2023
Vector magnetometry based on polarimetric optically detected magnetic resonance
P. Reuschel, M. Agio, A.M. Flatae
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, 1 (2023)
Electrical excitation of color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond Schottky diodes
F. Sledz, I.A. Khramtsov, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, N. Soltani, S.S. Nicley, R.Rouzbahani, P. Pobedinskas, K. Haenen, J. Qun, X. Jiang, P. Kienitz, P. Haring Bolivar, D.Y. Fedyanin, M. Agio
DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden 2023 HL.29.10 (2023)
Highly-efficient extraction of single photons from silicon vacancy in diamond using plasmonic nanoantenna
I. Fradkin, M. Agio, D. Fedyanin
DPG Spring Meeting, Hannover 2023 Q.21.7 (2023)
Vector magnetometry based on polarimetric optically detected magnetic resonance
P. Reuschel, M. Agio, A.M. Flatae
DPG Spring Meeting, Hannover 2023 Q.14.4 (2023)
2022
Light emission from color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond
F. Sledz, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, S. Piccolomo, S.S. Nickley, K. Haenen, R. Rechenberg, M.F. Becker, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, L. Giuntini, G. Speranza, M. Agio
EOSAM 2022, TOM9 S02:1 (2022)
C-reactive protein detection using a lensless fibre optic fluorescence sensor
V. Esteso, P. Lombardi, F. Chiavaioli, M. Colautti, S. Howitz, P. Cecchi, M. Agio, A. Giannetti, C. Toninelli
EOSAM 2022, TOM4 S01:3 (2022)
Electrical excitation of color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond Schottky diodes
F. Sledz, I.A. Khramtsov, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, N. Soltani, S.S. Nicley, K. Haenen, J. Qun, X. Jiang, P. Kienitz, P. Haring Bolivar, D.Y. Fedyanin, M. Agio
DPG Spring Meeting, Erlangen 2022 Q.53.6 (2022)
Ultrafast single-photon detection at high repetition rates based on optical Kerr gates under focusing
A. Farrag, A.H. Fattah, A.M. Flatae, M. Agio
DPG Spring Meeting, Erlangen 2022 K.7.5 (2022)
2021
A scanning planar Yagi-Uda antenna for fluorescence detection
N. Soltani, E. Rabbany Esfahani, G. Schulte, S.I. Druzhinin, J. Müller, B., Butz, H. Schönherr, M. Agio, N. Markešević
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021, 1 (2021)
Ultrafast single-photon detection based on optical Kerr gates
A.M. Flatae, A.H. Fattah, A. Farrag, M. Agio
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021, 1 (2021)
Electrical excitation of color centers in diamond: Toward practical single-photon sources
I.A. Khramtsov, M. Agio, D.Yu. Fedyanin
AIP Conference Proceedings 2359, 020015 (2021)
SEPSIS biomarker detection through lensless fiber-based planar antennas
P.E. Lombardi, A.E. Giannetti, P. Cecchi, F.E. Chiavaioli, S. Howitz, N. Soltani, F. Sonntag, C. Toninelli, M. Agio
Proc. SPIE 11772, 117720N (2021)
Fiber-based planar antennas for spectroscopy and sensing
N. Soltani, N. Markešević, E. Rabbany Esfahany, G. Schulte, S. Druzhinin, J. Müller, F. Sledz, H. Schönherr, B. Butz, M. Agio
Proc. SPIE 11658, 1165809 (2021)
2020
SEPSIS biomarker detection through fiber-based planar antennas
A. Giannetti, P. Cecchi, F. Chiavaioli, S. Howitz, P. Lombardi, N. Soltani, F. Sonntag, C. Toninelli, M. Agio
Proc. SPIE 11361, 113610Q (2020)
Optical studies of silicon-vacancy color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond
F. Sledz, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, N. Soltani, S.S. Nicley, K. Haenen, R. Rechen- berg, M.F. Becker, M. Agio
DPG Spring Meeting, Hannover 2020 Q.46.1
Plasmon-assisted Purcell enhancement of silicon-vacancy color centers in diamond membranes
H. Kambalathmana, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, F. Sledz, L. Hunold, C. Biagini, F. Tantussi, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
DPG Spring Meeting, Hannover 2020 Q.7.4 (2020)
2019
Towards directional, ultrafast and bright single-photon sources based on color centers in diamond
L. Hunold, A.M. Flatae, H. Galal, S. Lagomarsino, H. Kambalathmana, F. Sledz, M. Agio
DPG Herbst-Tagung (Freiburg), FM.32.3 (2019)
Exploring ultrafast single-photon emission of silicon-vacancy color centers in diamond nano-membranes coupled with gold nano-cones
H. Kambalathmana, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, H. Galal, F. Tantussi, G.C. Messina, E. Worner, C. Wild, N. Gelli, S. Sciortino, L. Giuntini, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
Proc. SPIE 11091, 1109108 (2019)
Plasmon based suppression of surface trap states and enhanced band-edge emission rate in a single CdTe quantum dot
A.M. Flatae, F. Tantussi, G.C. Messina, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, EG-5.4 (2019)
Planar antennas for biosensing and diagnostics
N. Soltani, N. Markesevic, A. Kumar Das, S. Druzhinin, H. Ihmels, H. Schönherr, M. Agio
DPG Frühjahr-Tagung (Regensburg), BP.12.75 (2019)
Towards ultrafast photodynamic in quantum emitters
A.M. Flatae, H. Kambalathmana, S. Lagomarsino, F. Sledz, L. Hunold, M. Agio
DPG Frühjahr-Tagung (Rostock), Q.38.4 (2019)
Towards efficient light extraction and directional light emission from SiV color centers in planar Yagi-Uda antennas
H. Galal, A.M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, C. Wild, M. Agio
DPG Frühjahr-Tagung (Rostock), Q.24.6 (2019)
2017
Planar Yagi-Uda antennas for highly efficient light extraction and directional light emission
H. Galal, S. Checcucci, P.E. Lombardi, S. Rizvi, F. Sgrignuoli, N. Grühler, F.B.C. Dieleman, F.S. Cataliotti, W.H.P. Pernice, C. Toninelli, M. Agio
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2017, 8087675 (2017)
Kinetics of single-photon emission from electrically-pumped NV centers in diamond
I.A. Khramtsov, M. Agio, D. Yu. Fedyanin
AIP Conference Proceedings 1874, 040014 (2017)
High efficiency and directional emission from a nanoscale light source in a planar optical antenna
M. Agio
DPG Früjahr-Tagung (Dresden), SYQO.1.3 (2017)
Robust silicon-vacancy single photon sources
A.M. Flatae, F. Tantussi, S. Lagomarsino, G. Messina, H. Galal, A. Mohammadi, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
DPG Frühjahr-Tagung (Mainz), Q.31.71 (2017)
Optical Antennas for color centers in diamond
P. Fuchs, Th. Jung, H. Galal, M. Agio, X.-L. Chu, S. Götzinger, Ch. Becher
DPG Frühjahr-Tagung (Mainz), Q.31.69 (2017)
2016
Planar optical antenna to direct light emission
S. Checcucci, P.E. Lombardi, S. Rizvi, F. Sgrignuoli, N. Grühler, F.B.C. Dieleman, F.S. Cataliotti, W.H.P. Pernice, M. Agio, C. Toninelli
CLEO:QELS 2016, FM4B, 4 (2016)
2015
Large reduction of quantum fluctuations of light from a single emitter by an optical nanostructure
D. Martín-Cano, H.R. Haakh, K. Murr, M. Agio
CLEO Europe/EQEC 2015, EA10, 5 (2015)