Our latest work on electroluminescence published in Phys. Rev. Appl.
Check our edited book on Nanophotonics with Diamond and Silicon Carbide for Quantum Technologies.
Group member Lukas Strauch receives the student prize of the Kreis Altenkirchen for his master thesis. Congratulations Lukas!
Group member Haritha Kambalathmana obtains the PhD in Physics. Congratulations!
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.
Group member Philipp Rauschel receives the Applied Photonics Award for his master thesis. Congratulations Philipp!
Our latest work on ODMR published in Adv. Quantum Technol.
Journal Publications
2025
Electrical excitation of color centers in n-type diamond Schottky diodes
F. Sledz, I. A. Khramtsov, A. M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, S. Sciortino, S. S. Nicley, R. Rouzbahani, P. Pobedinskas, T. Guo, X. Jiang, P. Kienitz, P. Haring Bolivar, K. Haenen, D. Yu. Fedyanin, M. Agio
Phys. Rev. Applied 23, 054060 (2025)
2024
High-yield production of SiV-doped nanodiamonds for spectroscopy and sensing applications
A. Kromka, M. Varga, K. Aubrechtová Dragounová, O. Babčenko, R. Pfeifer, A.M. Flatae, F. Sledz, F. Akther, M. Agio, Š. Potocký, Š. Stehlík
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 7, 24766 (2024)
Single-photon emission from silicon-vacancy color centers in polycrystalline diamond membranes
A. M. Flatae, F. Sledz, H. Kambalathmana, S. Lagomarsino, H. Wang, N. Gelli, S. Sciortino, E.Wörner, C. Wild, B. Butz, M. Agio
Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 094001 (2024)
2023
Plasmonic nanocone scanning antenna: Fabrication and optical properties
H. Kambalathmana, A. M. Flatae, C. Biagini, F. Tantussi, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
Adv. Photonics Res. 2300058 (2023)
2022
Vector magnetometry based on polarimetric optically-detected magnetic resonance
P. Reuschel, M. Agio, A. M. Flatae
Adv. Quantum Technol. 5, 2200077 (2022)
Photomotion of hydrogels with covalently attached azo dye moieties—thermoresponsive and non-thermoresponsive gels
T. G. Jaik, A. M. Flatae, N. Soltani, P. Reuschel, M. Agio, E. Descrovi, U. Jonas
Gels 8, 541 (2022)
Biosensing with a scanning planar Yagi-Uda antenna
N. Soltani, E. Rabbany Esfahany, S. Druzhinin, G. Schulte, J. Müller, B. Butz, H. Schönherr, M. Agio, N. Markešević
Biomed. Opt. Express 13, 539 (2022)
2021
Scalable creation of deep silicon-vacancy color centers in diamond by ion implantation through a 1-μm pinhole
L. Hunold, S. Lagomarsino, A. M. Flatae, H. Kambalathmana, F. Sledz, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, L. Giuntini, M. Agio
Adv. Quantum Technol. 4, 2100079 (2021)
Ultrafast single-photon detection at high repetition rates based on optical Kerr gates under focusing: erratum
A. Fattah, A. M Flatae, A. Farrag, M. Agio
Opt. Lett. 46, 5205 (2021)
Photoluminescence of nitrogen-vacancy and silicon-vacancy color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond at room and higher temperatures
F. Sledz, S. Piccolomo, A. M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, R. Rechenberg, M. F. Becker, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, I.A. Khramtsov, D. Yu. Fedyanin, G. Speranza, L. Giuntini, M. Agio
Nuovo Cimento C 44, 106 (2021)
Scanning planar Yagi-Uda antenna for fluorescence detection
N. Soltani, E. Rabbany Esfahany, S. Druzhinin, G. Schulte, J. Müller, F. Sledz, A. M. Flatae, B. Butz, H. Schönherr, N. Markešević, M. Agio
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 38, 2528 (2021)
Ultrafast single-photon detection at high repetition rates based on optical Kerr gates under focusing
A. Fattah, A. M. Flatae, A. Farrag, M. Agio
Opt. Lett. 46, 560 (2021)
Creation of silicon-vacancy color centers in diamond by ion implantation
S. Lagomarsino, A. M. Flatae, H. Kambalathmana, F. Sledz, L. Hunold, N. Soltani, P. Reuschel, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, M. Massi, C. Czelusniak, L. Giuntini, M. Agio
Front. Phys. 8, 601362 (2021)
Optical properties of silicon-implanted polycrystalline diamond membranes
H. Kambalathmana, A. M. Flatae, L. Hunold, F. Sledz, J. Müller, M. Hepp, P. Schmuki, M. S. Killian, S. Lagomarsino, N. Gelli, S. Sciortino, L. Giuntini, E. Wörner, C. Wild, B. Butz, M. Agio
Carbon 174, 295 (2021)
2020
Focused Gaussian beam in the paraxial approximation
A. Das, N. Soltani, M. Agio
Opt. Lett. 45, 6752 (2020)
Silicon-vacancy color centers in phosphorus-doped diamond
A. M. Flatae, S. Lagomarsino, F. Sledz, N. Soltani, S. S. Nicley, K. Haenen, R. Rechenberg, M. F. Becker, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, L. Giuntini, F. Taccetti, M. Agio
Diam. Relat. Mater. 105, 107797 (2020)
2019
Planar antenna designs for efficient coupling between a single emitter and an optical fiber
N. Soltani, M. Agio
Opt. Express 27, 30830 (2019)
Plasmon-assisted suppression of surface trap states and enhanced band-edge emission in a bare CdTe quantum dot
A. M. Flatae, F. Tantussi, G.C. Messina, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 2874 (2019)
Nanoscale quantum optics
I. D'Amico, D. G. Angelakis, F. Bussières, H. Caglayan, C. Couteau, T. Durt, B. Kolaric, P. Maletinsky, W. Pfeiffer, P. Rabl, A. Xuereb, M. Agio
Riv. Nuovo Cimento 42, 153 (2019)
2018
Optical properties of silicon-vacancy color centers in diamond created by ion implantation and post-annealing
S. Lagomarsino, A. M. Flatae, S. Sciortino, F. Gorelli, M. Santoro, F. Tantussi, F. De Angelis, N. Gelli, F. Taccetti, L. Giuntini, M. Agio
Diam. Relat. Mater. 84, 196 (2018)
The center for production of single-photon emitters at the electrostatic-deflector line of the Tandem accelerator of LABEC (Florence)
S. Lagomarsino, S. Sciortino, N. Gelli, A. M. Flatae, F. Gorelli, M. Santoro, M. Chiari, C. Czelusniac, M. Massi, F. Taccetti, M. Agio, L. Giuntini
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 422, 31 (2018)
2017
Plasmonic gold nanocones in the near-infrared for quantum nano-optics
A. M. Flatae, F. Tantussi, G. C. Messina, A. Mohammadi, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
Adv. Optical Mater. 5, 1700586 (2017)
Dynamics of single-photon emission from electrically pumped color centers
I. A. Khramtsov, M. Agio, D. Yu Fedyanin
Phys. Rev. Appl. 8, 024031 (2017)
Highly efficient light extraction and directional emission from large refractive-index media with a planar Yagi-Uda antenna
H. Galal, M. Agio
Opt. Mater. Express 7, 1634 (2017)
Beaming light from a quantum emitter with a planar optical antenna
S. Checcucci, P. Lombardi, S. Rizvi, F. Sgrignuoli, N. Gruhler, F. B. C. Dieleman, F. S. Cataliotti, W. H. P. Pernice, M. Agio, C. Toninelli
Light: Science & Applications 6, e16245 (2017)
2016
Ultrabright single-photon source on diamond with electrical pumping at room and high temperatures
D. Yu Fedyanin, M. Agio
New J. Phys. 18, 073012 (2016)
The squeezing spectrum of a quantum emitter coupled to an optical nanostructure
D. Martin-Cano, H. R. Haakh, K. Murr, M. Agio
J. Opt. 18, 024010 (2016) | Special Issue: Quantum Plasmonics
2015
Robust luminescence of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond at high temperatures
S. Lagomarsino, F. Gorelli, M. Santoro, N. Fabbri, A. Hajeb, S. Sciortino, L. Palla, C. Czelusniak, M. Massi, F. Taccetti, L. Giuntini, N. Gelli, D. Yu Fedyanin, F. S. Cataliotti, C. Toninelli, M. Agio
AIP Advances 5, 127117 (2015)