Publications – Institute of Solid State Physics

Li, P., Ma, C., Yang, J., Rakow, T. N., Zheng, X., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Krieg, F., Sahin, Y., Heller, M., Dzeik, J., Rainò, G., Kovalenko, M. V., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2026). Deterministic Integration of CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dots with Plasmonic Ring Microcavities. ACS PHOTONICS, 13(8), 2006-2014. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01863

Wang, J., Hanel, J., Jiang, Z., Joos, R., Jetter, M., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Portalupi, S. L., Michler, P., Cao, X. Y., Yin, H. L., Shan, L., Yang, J., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2026). Time-bin encoded quantum key distribution over 120 km with a telecom quantum dot source. Light: Science and Applications, 15(1), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-026-02205-9

An, Z., Cao, X., Steinbach, M., Koch, J., Jäschke, P., Laurio, C., Benthin, F., Zhang, Y., Ma, C., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Haug, R. J., Yang, J., & Zopf, M. (2025). Strain-induced variation in quantum dot emissions close to Si-vacancy transitions. AIP Advances, 15(5), Article 055218. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0267909

Chenxi, M. A., Yang, J., Pengji, L. I., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2024). Circular photonic crystal grating design for charge-tunable quantum light sources in the telecom C-band. Optics express, 32(8), 14789-14800. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.01447, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.517758

Li, P., Biesterfeld, L., Klepzig, L. F., Yang, J., Ngo, H. T., Addad, A., Rakow, T. N., Guan, R., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Zaluzhnyy, I., Schreiber, F., Biadala, L., Lauth, J., & Zopf, M. (2024). Sub-millielectronvolt Line Widths in Polarized Low-Temperature Photoluminescence of 2D PbS Nanoplatelets. Nano letters, 24(51), 16293-16300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04402

Schmidt, C., Ma, C., Benthin, F., Yang, J., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2024). High efficiency grating couplers for strain tunable GaAs quantum dot based entangled photon sources. AIP Advances, 14(1), Article 015244. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0160086

Yang, J., Jiang, Z., Benthin, F., Hanel, J., Fandrich, T., Joos, R., Bauer, S., Kolatschek, S., Hreibi, A., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Jetter, M., Portalupi, S. L., Zopf, M., Michler, P., Kück, S., & Ding, F. (2024). High-rate intercity quantum key distribution with a semiconductor single-photon source. Light: Science and Applications, 13(1), Article 150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01488-0

Zhang, Y., Grünewald, L., Cao, X., Abdelbarey, D., Zheng, X., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Verbeeck, J., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2024). Unveiling the 3D Morphology of Epitaxial GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Dots. Nano letters, 24(33), 10106-10113. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.16073, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02182

An, Z., Soubelet, P., Zhumagulov, Y., Zopf, M., Delhomme, A., Qian, C., Faria Junior, P. E., Fabian, J., Cao, X., Yang, J., Stier, A. V., Ding, F., & Finley, J. J. (2023). Strain control of exciton and trion spin-valley dynamics in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Physical Review B, 108(4), Article L041404. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.15325, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L041404

Cao, X., Yang, J., Fandrich, T., Zhang, Y., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Brechtken, B., Haug, R. J., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2023). A Solid-State Source of Single and Entangled Photons at Diamond SiV-Center Transitions Operating at 80K. Nano letters, 23(13), 6109-6115. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.14170, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01570

An, Z., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2022). Strain-Tuning of 2 D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. In Y. Mei, G. Huang, & X. Li (Eds.), Nanomembranes: Materials, Properties, and Applications (pp. 413-448). Wiley-VCH Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527813933.ch14

Cao, X., Zhang, Y., Ma, C., Wang, Y., Brechtken, B., Haug, R. J., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2022). Local droplet etching on InAlAs/InP surfaces with InAl droplets. AIP Advances, 12(5), Article 055302. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0088012

Yang, J., Fandrich, T., Benthin, F., Keil, R., Sharma, N. L., Nie, W., Hopfmann, C., Schmidt, O. G., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2022). Photoneutralization of charges in GaAs quantum dot based entangled photon emitters. Physical Review B, 105(11), Article 115301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.115301, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2110.02346, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.119903

Yang, J., Zopf, M., Li, P., Sharma, N. L., Nie, W., Benthin, F., Fandrich, T., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Hopfmann, C., Keil, R., Schmidt, O. G., & Ding, F. (2022). Statistical limits for entanglement swapping with semiconductor entangled photon sources. Physical Review B, 105(23), Article 235305. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.235305, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.06742

Cao, X., Yang, J., Li, P., Zhang, Y., Rugeramigabo, E. P., Brechtken, B., Haug, R. J., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2021). Single photon emission from ODT passivated near-surface GaAs quantum dots. Applied physics letters, 118(22), Article 221107. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0046042

Yang, J., Nawrath, C., Keil, R., Joos, R., Zhang, X., Höfer, B., Chen, Y., Zopf, M., Jetter, M., Portalupi, S. L., Ding, F., Michler, P., & Schmidt, O. G. (2020). Quantum dot-based broadband optical antenna for efficient extraction of single photons in the telecom O-band. Optics express, 28(13), 19457-19468. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.395367

Yang, J., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2020). Strain tunable quantum dot based non-classical photon sources. Journal of Semiconductors, 41(1), Article 011901. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/41/1/011901

Cao, X., Zopf, M., & Ding, F. (2019). Telecom wavelength single photon sources. Journal of Semiconductors, 40(7). https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/40/7/071901

Zopf, M., Keil, R., Chen, Y., Yang, J., Chen, D., Ding, F., & Schmidt, O. G. (2019). Entanglement Swapping with Semiconductor-Generated Photons Violates Bell's Inequality. Physical review letters, 123(16), Article 160502. https://doi.org/10.15488/5545, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.160502

Chen, Y., Zopf, M., Keil, R., Ding, F., & Schmidt, O. G. (2018). Highly-efficient extraction of entangled photons from quantum dots using a broadband optical antenna. Nature Communications, 9, Article 2994. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05456-2, https://doi.org/10.15488/3793