Publications

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• 2024

  • D. Kozawa, S. Fujii, Y. K. Kato Intrinsic process for upconversion photoluminescence via K-momentum-phonon coupling in carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. B 110, 155418 (2024). [Editors' Suggestion]
  • Y.-L. Ho, C. F. Fong, Y.-J. Wu, K. Konishi, C.-Z. Deng, J.-H. Fu, Y. K. Kato, K. Tsukagoshi, V. Tung, C.-W. Chen Finite-area membrane metasurfaces for enhancing light-matter coupling in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides ACS Nano 18, 24173 (2024).
  • S. Shiina, T. Murohashi, K. Ishibashi, X. He, T. Koretsune, Z. Liu, W. Terashima, Y. K. Kato, K. Inoue, M. Saito, Y. Ikuhara, T. Kato Synthesis of ultrahigh-purity (6,5) carbon nanotubes using a trimetallic catalyst ACS Nano 18, 23979 (2024).
  • W. Terashima, Y. K. Kato Optical coupling of individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes to silicon microcavities Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B 100, 320 (2024).
  • C. F. Fong, D. Yamashita, N. Fang, S. Fujii, Y.-R. Chang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, Y. K. Kato Self-Aligned Hybrid Nanocavities Using Atomically Thin Materials ACS Photonics 11, 2247 (2024).
  • N. Fang, Y. R. Chang, S. Fujii, D. Yamashita, M. Maruyama, Y. Gao, C. F. Fong, D. Kozawa, K. Otsuka, K. Nagashio, S. Okada, Y. K. Kato Room-temperature quantum emission from interface excitons in mixed-dimensional heterostructures Nature Commun. 15, 2871 (2024).
  • S. Fujii, N. Fang, D. Yamashita, D. Kozawa, C. F. Fong, Y. K. Kato van der Waals decoration of ultra-high-Q silica microcavities for χ⁽²⁾-χ⁽³⁾ hybrid nonlinear photonics Nano Lett. 24, 4209 (2024).

• 2023

  • N. Fang, Y. R. Chang, D. Yamashita, S. Fujii, M. Maruyama, Y. Gao, C. F. Fong, K. Otsuka, K. Nagashio, S. Okada, Y. K. Kato Resonant exciton transfer in mixed-dimensional heterostructures for overcoming dimensional restrictions in optical processes Nature Commun. 14, 8152 (2023).
  • A. El-Refaey, D. Kozawa, T. Kameda, Y. K. Kato, Y. Ito, M. Kawamoto Diameter-selective sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes using π-molecular tweezers for energy materials ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 6, 1919 (2023).
  • S. Fujii, K. Wada, R. Sugano, H. Kumazaki, S. Kogure, Y. K. Kato, T. Tanabe Versatile tuning of Kerr soliton microcombs in crystalline microresonators Commun. Phys. 6, 1 (2023).

• 2022

  • B. Yu, S. Naka, H. Aoki, K. Kato, D. Yamashita, S. Fujii, Y. K. Kato, T. Fujigaya, T. Shiraki ortho-substituted aryldiazonium design for the defect configuration-controlled photoluminescent functionalization of chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes ACS Nano 16, 21452 (2022).
  • N. Fang, D. Yamashita, S. Fujii, K. Otsuka, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, K. Nagashio, Y. K. Kato Quantization of mode shifts in nanocavities integrated with atomically thin sheets Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, 2200538 (2022).
  • R. Zhang, Y. Feng, H. Li, A. Kumamoto, S. Wang, Y. Zheng, W. Dai, N. Fang, M. Liu, T. Tanaka, Y. K. Kato, H. Kataura, Y. Ikuhara, S. Maruyama, R. Xiang Fabricating one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures on chirality-sorted single-walled carbon nanotubes Carbon 199, 407 (2022).
  • D. Kozawa, X. Wu, A. Ishii, J. Fortner, K. Otsuka, R. Xiang, T. Inoue, S. Maruyama, Y. Wang, and Y. K. Kato Formation of Organic Color Centers in Air-Suspended Carbon Nanotubes Using Vapor-Phase Reaction Nature Commun. 13, 2814 (2022).
  • K. Otsuka, R. Ishimaru, A. Kobayashi, T. Inoue, R. Xiang, S. Chiashi, Y. K. Kato, S. Maruyama Universal Map of Gas-Dependent Kinetic Selectivity in Carbon Nanotube Growth ACS Nano 16, 5627 (2022).
  • H. Machiya, D. Yamashita, A. Ishii, and Y. K. Kato Evidence for near-unity radiative quantum efficiency of bright excitons in carbon nanotubes from the Purcell effect Phys. Rev. Research 4, L022011 (2022).

• 2021

  • C. F. Fong, Y. Ota, Y. Arakawa, S. Iwamoto, Y. K. Kato Chiral modes near exceptional points in symmetry broken H1 photonic crystal cavities Phys. Rev. Research 3, 043096 (2021).
  • K. Liu, Y. K. Kato, S. Maruyama Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Progress in Nanophotonics 6, edited by T. Yatsui (Springer Nature, 2021), Chap. 5, p. 135-163.
  • Z. Li, K. Otsuka, D. Yamashita, D. Kozawa, Y. K. Kato Quantum emission assisted by energy landscape modification in pentacene-decorated carbon nanotubes ACS Photonics 8, 2367 (2021).
  • H. Imada, M. Imai-Imada, K. Miwa, H. Yamane, T. Iwasa, Y. Tanaka, N. Toriumi, K. Kimura, N. Yokoshi, A. Muranaka, M. Uchiyama, T. Taketsugu, Y. K. Kato, H. Ishihara, Y. Kim Single-molecule laser nanospectroscopy with micro-electron volt energy resolution Science 373, 95 (2021).
  • K. Otsuka, N. Fang, D. Yamashita, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, Y. K. Kato Deterministic transfer of optical-quality carbon nanotubes for atomically defined technology Nature Commun. 12, 3138 (2021).
  • D. Yamashita, H. Machiya, K. Otsuka, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Waveguide coupled cavity-enhanced light emission from individual carbon nanotubes APL Photonics 6, 031302 (2021).

• 2020

  • N. Fang, K. Otsuka, A. Ishii, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, K. Nagashio, Y. K. Kato Hexagonal boron nitride as an ideal substrate for carbon nanotube photonics ACS Photonics 7, 1773 (2020).

• 2019

  • A. Ishii, H. Machiya, Y. K. Kato High efficiency dark-to-bright exciton conversion in carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. X 9, 041048 (2019).
  • K. Otsuka, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of carbon nanotubes using a nonlinear excitonic process Opt. Express 27, 17463 (2019).
  • A. Ishii, H. Machiya, T. Uda, Y. K. Kato Exciton Physics in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Photonic and Optoelectronic Devices in Handbook of Carbon Nanomaterials Vol. 9: Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Part I: A Volume Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Mildred S Dresselhaus, edited by R. B. Weisman and J. Kono (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2019), Chap. 7, p. 269-396.
  • S. Tanaka, K. Otsuka, K. Kimura, A. Ishii, H. Imada, Y. Kim, Y. K. Kato Organic molecular tuning of many-body interaction energies in air-suspended carbon nanotubes J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 5776 (2019).

• 2018

  • T. Uda, S. Tanaka, Y. K. Kato Molecular screening effects on exciton-carrier interactions in suspended carbon nanotubes Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 121105 (2018).
  • W. Gomulya, H. Machiya, K. Kashiwa, T. Inoue, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama, Y. K. Kato Enhanced Raman scattering of graphene using double resonance in silicon photonic crystal nanocavities Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 081101 (2018).
  • A. Ishii, X. He, N. F. Hartmann, H. Machiya, H. Htoon, S. K. Doorn, Y. K. Kato Enhanced single photon emission from carbon nanotube dopant states coupled to silicon microcavities Nano Lett. 18, 3873 (2018).
  • T. Uda, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Single carbon nanotubes as ultrasmall all-optical memories ACS Photonics 5, 559 (2018).
  • H. Machiya, T. Uda, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Spectral tuning of optical coupling between air-mode nanobeam cavities and individual carbon nanotubes Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 021101 (2018).

• 2017

  • A. Ishii, T. Uda, Y. K. Kato Room-temperature single photon emission from micron-long air-suspended carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. Applied 8, 054039 (2017).
  • N. Higashide, M. Yoshida, T. Uda, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Cold exciton electroluminescence from air-suspended carbon nanotube split-gate devices Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 191101 (2017).

• 2016

  • T. Uda, M. Yoshida, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Electric-field induced activation of dark excitonic states in carbon nanotubes Nano Lett. 16, 2278 (2016).
  • M. Yoshida, A. Popert, Y. K. Kato Gate-voltage induced trions in suspended carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. B 93, 041402(R) (2016). [Editors' Suggestion]

• 2015

  • A. Ishii, M. Yoshida, Y. K. Kato Exciton diffusion, end quenching, and exciton-exciton annihilation in individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. B 91, 125427 (2015).
  • M. Jiang, Y. Kumamoto, A. Ishii, M. Yoshida, T. Shimada, Y. K. Kato Gate-controlled generation of optical pulse trains using individual carbon nanotubes Nature Commun. 6, 6335 (2015).
  • X. Liu, T. Shimada, R. Miura, S. Iwamoto, Y. Arakawa, Y. K. Kato Localized guided-mode and cavity-mode double resonance in photonic crystal nanocavities Phys. Rev. Applied 3, 014006 (2015).

• 2014

  • R. Miura, S. Imamura, R. Ohta, A. Ishii, X. Liu, T. Shimada, S. Iwamoto, Y. Arakawa, Y. K. Kato Ultralow mode-volume photonic crystal nanobeam cavities for high-efficiency coupling to individual carbon nanotube emitters Nature Commun. 5, 5580 (2014).
  • M. Yoshida, Y. Kumamoto, A. Ishii, A. Yokoyama, Y. K. Kato Stark effect of excitons in individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 161104 (2014).
  • C. J. Trowbridge, B. M. Norman, Y. K. Kato, D. D. Awschalom, and V. Sih Dynamic nuclear polarization from current-induced electron spin polarization Phys. Rev. B 90, 085122 (2014).
  • Y. Kumamoto, M. Yoshida, A. Ishii, A. Yokoyama, T. Shimada, Y. K. Kato Spontaneous exciton dissociation in carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 117401 (2014).
  • A. Yokoyama, M. Yoshida, A. Ishii, Y. K. Kato Giant circular dichroism in individual carbon nanotubes induced by extrinsic chirality Phys. Rev. X 4, 011005 (2014).

• 2013

  • S. Imamura, R. Watahiki, R. Miura, T. Shimada, Y. K. Kato Optical control of individual carbon nanotube light emitters by spectral double resonance in silicon microdisk resonators Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 161102 (2013).

• 2012

  • R. Watahiki, T. Shimada, P. Zhao, S. Chiashi, S. Iwamoto, Y. Arakawa, S. Maruyama, Y. K. Kato Enhancement of carbon nanotube photoluminescence by photonic crystal nanocavities Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 141124 (2012).

• 2011

  • S. Yasukochi, T. Murai, S. Moritsubo, T. Shimada, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama, Y. K. Kato Gate-induced blueshift and quenching of photoluminescence in suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. B 84, 121409(R) (2011).

• 2010

  • S. Moritsubo, T. Murai, T. Shimada, Y. Murakami, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama, Y. K. Kato Exciton diffusion in air-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 247402 (2010).

• 2008

  • Y. K. Kato and D. D. Awschalom Electrical manipulation of spins in nonmagnetic semiconductors J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 77, 031006 (2008).

• 2007

  • X. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Lu, H. Dai, Y. K. Kato, and E. Pop Electrically driven light emission from hot single-walled carbon nanotubes at various temperatures and ambient pressures Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 261102 (2007).
  • D. Mann, Y. K. Kato, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Pop, J. Cao, X. Wang, L. Zhang, Q. Wang, J. Guo, and H. Dai Electrically driven thermal light emission from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes Nature Nanotech. 2, 33 (2007).

• 2005

  • R. J. Epstein, F. M. Mendoza, Y. K. Kato, and D. D. Awschalom Anisotropic interactions of a single spin and dark-spin spectroscopy in diamond Nature Phys. 1, 94 (2005).
  • V. Sih, R. C. Myers, Y. K. Kato, W. H. Lau, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Spatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases Nature Phys. 1, 31 (2005).
  • Y. K. Kato, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Electrical initialization and manipulation of electron spins in an L-shaped strained n-InGaAs channel Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 022503 (2005).
  • Y. K. Kato, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Electron spin interferometry using a semiconductor ring structure Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 162107 (2005).

• 2004

  • Y. K. Kato, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Observation of the spin Hall effect in semiconductors Science 306, 1910 (2004).
  • Y. K. Kato, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Current-induced spin polarization in strained semiconductors Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 176601 (2004).
  • Y. Kato, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Coherent spin manipulation without magnetic fields in strained semiconductors Nature 427, 50 (2004).

• 2003

  • M. Poggio, G. M. Steeves, R. C. Myers, Y. Kato, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Local manipulation of nuclear spin in a semiconductor quantum well Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 207602 (2003).
  • Y. Kato, R. C. Myers, D. C. Driscoll, A. C. Gossard, J. Levy, and D. D. Awschalom Gigahertz electron spin manipulation using voltage-controlled g-tensor modulation Science 299, 1201 (2003).
  • G. Salis, Y. Kato, K. Ensslin, D. C. Driscoll, A. C. Gossard and D. D. Awschalom Electrical control of spin precession in semiconductor quantum wells Physica E 16, 99 (2003).

• 2002

  • D. K. Young, J. A. Gupta, E. Johnston-Halperin, R. Epstein, Y. Kato, and D. D. Awschalom Optical, electrical and magnetic manipulation of spins in semiconductors Semicond. Sci. Technol. 17, 275 (2002).

• 2001

  • G. Salis, Y. Kato, K. Ensslin, D. C. Driscoll, A. C. Gossard and D. D. Awschalom Electrical control of spin coherence in semiconductor nanostructures Nature 414, 619 (2001).
  • R. K. Kawakami, Y. Kato, M. Hanson, I. Malajovich, J. M. Stephens, Ferromagnetic imprinting of nuclear spins in semiconductors E. Johnston-Halperin, G. Salis, A. C. Gossard, and D. D. Awschalom Science 294, 131 (2001).