Publications

Under Review

• PsiQuantum Team, A manufacturable platform for photonic quantum computing, arXiv:2404.17570v1

• Y Kim, S Jeon, YI Sohn,  High-gain photon pair generation in a microring resonator with time-dependent non-perturbative effects, arXiv:2402.19317.

2024

• S. Kim, Y. Kim, Y.-D. Yoon, S. Jeon, W.-J. Kim, and Y.-I. Sohn, Simulation Framework for Integrated Nonlinear Quantum Photonics, Phys. Rev. Applied - Accepted 25 November, 2024

• Joo, HJ., Liu, J., Chen, M. et al. Actively tunable laser action in GeSn nanomechanical oscillators. Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 1116–1121 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01662-w

• Jong-Moo Lee, Jiho Park, Jeongho Bang, Young-Ik Sohn, Alessio Baldazzi, Matteo Sanna, Stefano Azzini, Lorenzo Pavesi; Quantum states generation and manipulation in a programmable silicon-photonic four-qubit system with high-fidelity and purity. APL Photonics 1 July 2024; 9 (7): 076110. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0207714 

• Guolei Liu, Hongyan Yu, Dasai Ban, Bin Li, Guoqiang Wei, Chen Yang, Jungan Wang, Young-Ik Sohn, Yu Han, Feng Qiu; Highly efficient lead zirconate titanate ring modulator. APL Photonics 1 June 2024; 9 (6): 066111. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0193922 

2023

• J.-M. Lee, A. Baldazzi, M. Sanna, S. Azzini, J. T. Ahn, M.-L. Lee, Y. Sohn, and L. Pavesi, Do Different Kinds of Photon-Pair Sources Have the Same Indistinguishability in Quantum Silicon Photonics?, Photon. Res. 11, 1820 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.489869 

2022

• Y.-S. Koh, X. Xiong†, and Y.-I. Sohn†, “Robust, ultralow-loss, and broadband light-recycling for a nanophotonic delay line,” Opt. Lett., vol. 47, no. 9, p. 2330, May 2022, doi: 10.1364/OL.457213.

Before 2022

• S. Maity, L. Shao, S. Bogdanović, S. Meesala, Y.-I. Sohn, N. Sinclair, B. Pingault, M. Chalupnik, C. Chia, L. Zheng, K. Lai, and M. Lončar, “Coherent acoustic control of a single silicon vacancy spin in diamond,” Nature Communications 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13822-x

• B. Machielse*, S. Bogdanovic*, S. Meesala*, S. Gauthier, M. J. Burek, G. Joe, M. Chalupnik, Y.-I. Sohn, J. Holzgrafe, R. E. Evans, C. Chia, H. Atikian, M. K. Bhaskar, D. D. Sukachev, L. Shao, S. Maity, M. D. Lukin, M. Lončar, “Quantum interference of electromechanically stabilized emitters in nanophotonic devices,” Physical Review X., vol. 9, no. 3, p. 031022, Aug. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.031022

• L. Shao*, S. Maity*, L. Wue, A. Shams-Ansari, Y.-I. Sohn, Eric Puma, M. N. Gadalla, Mian Zhang, Cheng Wang, Marko Lončar, “Phononic Band Structure Engineering for High-Q Gigahertz Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators on Lithium Niobate,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 014022–8, Dec. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.014022

• S. Maity*, L. Shao*, Y.-I. Sohn, S. Meesala, B. Machielse, E. Bielejec, M. Markham, M. Lončar, “Spectral alignment of single-photon emitters in diamond using strain gradient,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 024050, Aug. 2018 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.024050

• Y.-I. Sohn*, S. Meesala*, B. Pingault*, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Gündoğan, C. Stavrakas, M. J. Stanley, A. Sipahigil, J. Choi, M. Zhang, J. L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. D. Lukin, M. Atatüre, and M. Lončar, “Controlling the coherence of a diamond spin qubit through its strain environment,” Nature Communications 9. (Featured on the cover, listed in Top:50 Physics collection) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04340-3

• S. Meesala*, Y.-I. Sohn*, B. Pingault, L. Shao, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Gündoğan, C. Stavrakas, A. Sipahigil, C. Chia, R. Evans, M. J. Burek, M. Zhang, L. Wu, J. L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. D. Lukin, M. Atatüre, and M. Lončar, “Strain engineering of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond”, Phys. Rev. B., vol. 97, no. 20, p. 205444, May. 2018 (Editor’s Suggestion) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.205444

• Y.-I. Sohn†, R. Miller, V. Venkataraman and M. Lončar, “Mechanical and optical nanodevices in single-crystal quartz,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 111, no. 26, pp. 263103-1, Dec. 2017 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008759

• H. A. Atikian, P. Latawiec, M. J. Burek, Y.-I. Sohn, S. Meesala, N. Gravel, A. B. Kouki, and M. Lončar, “Freestanding nanostructures via reactive ion beam angled etching,” APL Photonics, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 051301, May 2017. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982603

• H. A. Atikian, S. Meesala, M. J. Burek, Y.-I. Sohn, J. Israelian, A. S. Patri, N. Clarke, A. Sipahigil, R. E. Evans, D. D. Sukachev, R. Westervelt, M. D. Lukin, and M. Lončar, “Novel fabrication of diamond nanophotonics coupled to single-photon detectors,” SPIE Newsroom, https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201611.006765 (2017).

• P. Latawiec, M. J. Burek, Y.-I. Sohn, and M. Lončar, “Faraday cage angled-etching of nanostructures in bulk dielectrics,” J.Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 041801–8, Mar. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4944854

• S. Meesala*, Y.-I. Sohn*, H. A. Atikian, S. Kim, M. J. Burek, J. T. Choy, and M. Lončar, “Enhanced Strain Coupling of Nitrogen-Vacancy Spins to Nanoscale Diamond Cantilevers,” Phys. Rev. Applied, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 034010–8, Mar. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.034010 

• Y.-I. Sohn, M. J. Burek, V. Kara, R. Kearns, and M. Lončar, “Dynamic actuation of single-crystal diamond nanobeams,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 107, no. 24, pp. 243106–6, Dec. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937625 

• V. Kara, Y.-I. Sohn, H. Atikian, V. Yakhot, M. Lončar, and K. L. Ekinci, “Nanofluidics of Single-Crystal Diamond Nanomechanical Resonators.,” Nano Lett., vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 8070–8076, Dec. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03503 

• P.-C. Hui, D. Woolf, E. Iwase, Y.-I. Sohn, D. Ramos, M. Khan, A. W. Rodriguez, S. G. Johnson, F. Capasso, and M. Lončar, “Optical bistability with a repulsive optical force in coupled silicon photonic crystal membranes,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 103, no. 2, pp. 021102–6, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4813121 

Conference Presentations and Papers before 2022

•  S. Maity, L. Shao, S. Bogdanovic, S. Meesala, Y.-I. Sohn, M. Chalupnik, C. Chia, M. Lončar, “Coherent Quantum Control of Silicon Vacancy Spins in Diamond with Surface Acoustics,” CLEO:2019, San Jose, CA, May 5-10, 2019

• S. Maity, L. Shao, S. Bogdanovic, S. Meesala, Y.-I. Sohn, M. Chalupnik, C. Chia, M. Lončar, “Surface Acoustic Control of Single Silicon Vacancy Spins in Diamond,” Diamond photonics, Zurich, Switzerland, May 19-22, 2019

• S. Maity, L. Shao, Y.-I. Sohn, S. Meesala, B. Machielse, E. Bielejec, M. Lončar, “Spectral Tuning of Multiple Germanium Vacancy Centers in Diamond with Mechanical Strain,” CLEO:2018, San Jose, CA, May 13-19, 2018

• S. Meesala, M. J. Burek, C. Chia, N. El-Sawah, Y.-I. Sohn, M.-A. Lemonde, M.D. Lukin, P. Rabl, M. Lončar, “Towards a coherent spin-phonon interface in diamond,” APS March meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 5-9, 2018

• Y.-I. Sohn*, S. Meesala*, B. Pingault*, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Gündoğan, C. Stavrakas, A. Sipahigil, J. Choi, M. Zhang, J. L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. D. Lukin, M. Atatüre, M. Lončar, “Quantum engineering of a diamond spin-qubit with a nano-electro-mechanical system,” Gordon Research Conference (Quantum Sensing), Hong Kong, China, July 2-7, 2017

• Y.-I. Sohn, S. Meesala, B. Pingault, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Gündoğan, C. Stavrakas, A. Sipahigil, Michael J. Burek, M. Zhang, J. L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. D. Lukin, M. Atatüre, M. Lončar, “Protecting The Spin Coherence of Silicon Vacancy Color Centers from Thermal Noise Using Diamond MEMS,” CLEO:2017, San Jose, CA, May 14-19, 2017.

• S. Meesala, Y-I. Sohn, B. J. Pingault, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Gündoğan, C. Stavrakas, A. Sipahigil, M.J. Burek, M. Zhang, J.L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. D. Lukin, M. Atatüre, M.  Lončar, “Strain engineering of diamond silicon vacancy centers in MEMS cantilevers,” APS March meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 13-17, 2017.

• Y.-I. Sohn*, S. Meesala*, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. J. Burek, J. L. Pacheco, J. Abraham, E. Bielejec, M. Lončar, “Quantum engineering of silicon vacancy centers using diamond cantilevers,” ICAP 2016, Seoul, South Korea, July 24-29, 2016.

• Y.-I. Sohn*, S. Meesala*, M. J. Burek, H. A. Atikian, M. Lončar, “Single crystal diamond NEMS devices for the study of color centers,” Hilton Head Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2016.

• S. Meesala*, Y.-I. Sohn*, H. A. Atikian, J. Holzgrafe, M. Zhang, M. J. Burek, M. Lončar, “Strain engineering of diamond silicon vacancy centers in MEMS cantilevers,” APS DAMOP 2016, Providence, RI, May 23-27, 2016.

• Y.-I. Sohn, M. Lončar, “Free-standing Nanostructures in Single-crystal Quartz,” EIPBN, San Diego, CA, May 26-29, 2015.

• P. Latawiec, Y. -I. Sohn, M. J. Burek, M. Lončar, “Faraday Cage Reactive Ion Etching: Simulation and Experiments,” EIPBN, San Diego, CA, May 26-29, 2015.

• S. Meesala, Y.-I. Sohn, H. A. Atikian, M. J. Burek, S. Kim, J. Choy, and M. Lončar, “Strain coupling of diamond nitrogen vacancy centers to nanomechanical resonators,” CLEO:2015, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2015.

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