Consortium Publications

  • Hybrid acousto-optical spin control in quantum dots
    M. Kuniej, P. Machnikowski, and M. Gawełczyk (2025)
    Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press) | arXiv:2512.14405
  • The MEEDGARD project: towards Europe-wide entanglement with quantum-dot nuclear-spin memories
    D. Gangloff (2025)
    IoP Materials for Quantum Technology
  • Low-density InGaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Dots in Droplet-Etched Nanoholes
    S. Covre Da Silva, A. Garcia Jr, M. Aigner, C. Weidinger, T. Krieger, G. Undeutsch, C. Deneke, I. Bashir, S. Manna, M. Peter, I. Brytavskyi, J. Aberl, A. Rastelli
    arXiv:2508.08400
  • Electric-Field Control of Photon Indistinguishability in Cascaded Decays in Quantum Dots
    G. Undeutsch, M. Aigner, A. J Garcia Jr., J. Reindl, M. Peter, S. Mader, C. Weidinger, S. F. Covre da Silva, S. Manna, E. Schöll, A. Rastelli (2025)
    ACS Nano Letters 25, 17, 7121–7127
    ACS Nano | 
  • Modeling 𝑔 factors, hyperfine interaction, and optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots: Atomistic and eight-band 𝑘·𝑝 approaches
    K. Gawarecki, A. Garbiec, J. Stanecki, M. Zieliński (2025)
    Physical Review B
    PRB | 
  • Hybrid acousto-optical swing-up state control in a quantum dot
    M. Kuniej, P. Machnikowski & M. Gawełczyk (2025) 
    npj Quantum Information
    NPJ QI | 
  • Coherent Control of Quantum-Dot Spins with Cyclic Optical Transitions
    Z. X. Koong, U. Haeusler, J. Kaspari, C. Schimpf, B. Dejen, A. Hassanen, D. Graham, A. J. Garcia Jr., M. Peter, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, A. Rastelli, D. Reiter, M. Atatüre, D. Gangloff (2025)
    arXiv:2509.14445 |
  • Storing quantum coherence in a quantum dot nuclear spin ensemble for over 100 milliseconds
    H. E. Dyte, S. Manna, S. F. Covre da Silva, A. Rastelli, and E. A. Chekhovich. (2025)
    Nature Communications
    Nat Comm | arXiv:2502.11092 
  • Optical and magnetic response by design in GaAs quantum dots
    C. Schimpf, A. J. Garcia Jr, Z. X. Kong, G. N. Nguyen, L. L. Niekamp, M. H. Appel, A. Hassanen, J. Waller, Y. Karli, S. P. Covre da Silva, J. Ritzmann, H-G. Babin, A. D. Wieck, A. Pishchagin, N. Margaria, T-H. Au, S. Bossier, M. Morassi, A. Lemaitre, P. Senellart, N. Somaschi, A. Ludwig, R. Warburton, M. Atature, A. Rastelli, M. Gawełczyk, D. Gangloff (2025)
    PRX Quantum 6, 040309
    PRX Quantum | arXiv:2504.02355

  • Few-electron spin qubits in optically active GaAs quantum dots
    P. Millington-Hotze, P. Klenovsky, H. E. Dite, G. Gillard, S. Manna, S. F. Covre da Silva, A. Rastelli, E. A. Chekhovich (2025)
    arXiv:2504.19257 |

Background Publications

  • Many-body quantum register for a spin qubit
    M.H. Appel, A. Ghorbal, N. Shofer, L. Zaporski, S. Manna, S.F. Covre da Silva, C. Le Gall, A. Rastelli, D.A. Gangloff, M. Atature. (2025)
    Nature Physics | arXiv:2404.19680  

  • Tuning the coherent interaction of an electron qubit and a nuclear magnon
    N. Shofer, L. Zaporski, M.H. Appel, S. Manna, S. Covre da Silva, A. Ghorbal, U. Haeusler, A. Rastelli, C. Le Gall, M. Gawełczyk, M. Atature, D.A. Gangloff. (2025) 
    PRX | arXiv:2404.19679
     
  • SUPER scheme in Action: Experimental Demonstration of Red-Detuned Excitation of a Quantum Emitter
    Y. Karli, F. Kappe, V. Remesh, T.K. Bracht, J. Munzberg, S. Covre da Silva, T. Seidelmann, V.M. Axt, A. Rastelli, D. E. Reiter, and G. Weihs. (2022) 
    NANO | arXiv:2203.00712

  • Beyond the Four-Level Model: Dark and Hot States in Quantum Dots Degrade Photonic Entanglement.
    B.U. Lehner, T. Seidelmann, G. Undeutsch, C. Schimpf, S. Manna, M. Gawełczyk, S. F. Covre Da Silva, X. Yuan, S. Stroj, D.E. Reiter, V.M. Axt, and A. Rastelli. (2023)
    NANO | arXiv:2212.09529vl

  • Ideal Refocusing of an Optically Active Spin Qubit Under Strong Hyperfine Interactions   
    Zaporski, N. Schofer, J.H. Bodey, S. Manna, G. Gillard, M.H. Appel, C. Shimpf, S.F. Covre da Silva, J. Jarman, G. Delamare, G. Park, U. Haeusler, E.A.Chekhovich, A.Rastelli, D.A. Gangloff, M. Atature, and C. Le Gall. (2023)
    Nature Nano | arXiv:2206.01223

  • Nuclear Spin Quantum Register in an Optically Active Semiconductor Quantum Dot. 
    E.A. Checkhovich, S.F. Covre da Silva, and A. Rastelli. (2020) 
    Nature Nano |  

  • Quantum Interface of an Electron and a Nuclear Ensemble.  
    D.A. Gangloff, G. Ethier-Majcher, C. Lang, E.V. Denning, J.H. Bodey, D.M. Jackson, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, C. Le Gall, M. Atature. (2019) 
    Science | arXiv:1812.07540 

  • Optical Spin Locking of a Solid-State Qubit.  
    J.H. Bodey, R. Stockill, E.V. Denning, D.A. Gangloff, G. Ethier-Majcher, D.M. Jackson, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, C. Le Gall, and M. Atature. (2019) 
    NPJ | arXiv:1906.00427

  • Collective Quantum Memory Activated by a Driven Central Spin.
    Denning, D.A. Gangloff, M. Atature, J. Mork and C. Le Gall. (2019)
    PRL | arXiv:1904.11180 

  • GaAs Quantum Dots Grown by Drolet Etching Epitaxy as Quantum Light Sources.   

         Covre da Silva, G. Undeutsch, B. Lehner, S. Manna, T.M. Krieger, M. Reindl, C. Schimpf, R. Trotta, and A. Rastelli. (2021)

        APS | arXiv:2109.01507 

  • Quantum Cryptography with Highly Entangled Photons from Semiconductor Quantum Dots

         Schimpf, M. Reindl, D. Huber, B.  Lehner, S. F. Covre Da Silva, S. Manna, and M. Vyvlecka. (2021)

         ScienceAdvances | arXiv:2007.12726 

  • Daylight Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution with a Quantum Dot Source.

         F.B. Basset, M. Valeri, J. Neuwirth, E. Polino, M.B. Rota, D. Poderini, C. Pardo, G. Rodari, E. Roccia, S.F. Covre da Silva, G. Ronco, N. Spagnolo, A. Rastelli, G. Carvacho, F. Sciarrino, and R. Trotta. (2023)

         QST |arXiv:2206.15360

  • A Frequency-tunable Nanomembrane Mechanical Oscillator with Embedded Quantum Dots

          Yuan, M. Schwendtner, R. Trotta, Y. Huo, J. Martin-Sanchez, G. Piredda, H. Huang, J. Edlinger, C. Diskus, O.G. Schmidt, B. Jakoby, H.J. Krenner, and A. Rastelli. (2019)

          APL | arXiv:1905.07738

  • Strain-Tunable GaAs Quantum Dot: Nearly Dephasing-Free Source of Entangled Photon Pairs on Demand

          D. Huber, M. Reindl, S.F. Covre da Silva, C. Schimpf, J. Martin-Sanchez, H. Huang, G. Piredda, J. Edlinger, A. Rastelli, and R. Trotta. (2018)

          PRL | arXiv:1801.06655 

  • Purcell Enhanced Single-photon Emission from a Quantum Dot Coupled to a Truncated Gaussian Microcavity. 

          L. Engel, S. Kolatschek, T. Herzog, S. Vollmer, M. Jetter, S.L. Portalupi, and P. Michler. (2023)

          APL |  

          Witnessing Quantum Correlations in a Nuclear Ensemble via an Electron Spin Qubit. 

          D.A. Gangloff, L. Zaporski, J.H. Bodey, C. Bachorz, D.M. Jackson, G. Ethier-Majcher, C. Lang, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, C. Le Gall, and M. Atature. (2021)  

          NatPhys | arXiv:2012.11279 

  • Pulse Control Protocols for Preserving Coherence on Dipolar-Couples Nuclear Spin Baths

          A.M. Waeber, G. Gillard, G. Ragunathan, M. Hopkinson, P. Spencer, D.A. Ritchie, M.S. Skolnick, and E.A. Chekhovich. (2019) 

          NatCommunications | 

  • Approaching a Fully-Polarized State of Nuclear Spins in a Semiconductor Quantum Dot. 

          P. Millington-Hotze, H.E. Dyte, S.Manna, S.F. Covre da Silva, A. Rastelli, and E. Chekhovich. (2023)

          NatCommunications | arXiv:2302.05489 

  • Purcell-Enhanced Single-Photon Emission from a Strain-Tunable Quantum Dot in a Cavity-Waveguide Device

           S. Hepp, F. Hornung, S. Bauer, E. Hesselmeier, X. Yuan, M. Jetter, S.L. Portalupi, A. Rastelli, and P. Michler. (2020)

          APL |