The Kato Group
We exploit state-of-the-art nanofabrication technologies to develop and engineer photonic and optoelectronic devices that utilize quantum effects, with focus on devices incorporating individual single-walled carbon nanotubes and atomically-thin layered materials.
Recent Publications
- Preprints are available at arxiv.org/a/kato_y_1.
- Intrinsic process for upconversion photoluminescence via K-momentum-phonon coupling in carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. B 110, 155418 (2024).
- Self-Aligned Hybrid Nanocavities Using Atomically Thin Materials ACS Photonics 11, 2247 (2024).
- Room-temperature quantum emission from interface excitons in mixed-dimensional heterostructures Nature Commun. 15, 2871 (2024).
- van der Waals decoration of ultra-high-Q silica microcavities for χ(2)-χ(3) hybrid nonlinear photonics Nano Lett. 24, 4209 (2024).
- Resonant exciton transfer in mixed-dimensional heterostructures for overcoming dimensional restrictions in optical processes Nature Commun. 14, 8152 (2023).
- Quantization of mode shifts in nanocavities integrated with atomically thin sheets Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, 2200538 (2022).
- Formation of organic color centers in air-suspended carbon nanotubes using vapor-phase reaction Nature Commun. 13, 2814 (2022).
- Evidence for near-unity radiative quantum efficiency of bright excitons in carbon nanotubes from the Purcell effect Phys. Rev. Research 4, L022011 (2022).