Publications
A full list of publications can be found on our Google Scholar Page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vtP4LvwAAAAJ&hl=en
"New opportunities in condensed matter physics for nanoscale quantum sensors," Jared Rovny, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, Patrick Maletinsky, Eugene Demler, Nathalie P. de Leon, arXiv:2403.13710. link
"Strong Purcell enhancement of an optical magnetic dipole transition," S. P. Horvath, C. M. Phenicie, S. Ourari, M. T. Uysal, S. Chen, Ł. Dusanowski, M. Raha, P. Stevenson, A. T. Turflinger, R. J. Cava, N. P. de Leon, J. D. Thompson, arXiv:2307.03022. link
"Diamond Surface Functionalization via Visible Light-Driven C-H Activation for Nanoscale Quantum Sensing," L. V. H. Rodgers, S. T. Nguyen, J. H. Cox, K. Zervas, Z. Yuan, S. Sangtawesin, A. Stacey, C. Jaye, C. Weiland, A. Pershin, A. Gali, L. Thomsen, S. A. Meynell, L. B. Hughes, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, X. Gui, R. J. Cava, R. R. Knowles, N. P. de Leon, PNAS 121 (11) e2316032121 (2024). link
"X-ray quantification of oxygen groups on diamond surfaces for quantum applications," N. Dontschuk, L. V. H. Rodgers, J. Chou, D. A. Evans, K. M O'Donnell, H. J. Johnson, A. Tadich, A. K. Schenk, A. Gali, N. P. de Leon, A. Stacey, Materials for Quantum Technology 10.1088/2633-4356/ad001b (2023). link
"Disentangling Losses in Tantalum Superconducting Circuits," K. D. Crowley, R. A. McLellan, A. Dutta, N. Shumiya, A. P. M. Place, X. H. Le, Y. Gang, T. Madhavan, M. P. Bland, R. Chang, N. Khedkar, Y. C. Feng, E. A. Umbarkar, X. Gui, L. V. H. Rodgers, Y. Jia, M. M. Feldman, S. A. Lyon, M. Liu, R. J. Cava, A. A. Houck, N. P. de Leon, Phys. Rev. X 13, 041005 (2023). link
"Indistinguishable telecom band photons from a single erbium ion in the solid state," S. Ourari, Ł. Dusanowski, S. P. Horvath, M. T. Uysal, C. M. Phenicie, P. Stevenson, M. Raha, S. Chen, R. J. Cava, N. P. de Leon, J. D. Thompson, Nature 620, 977–981 (2023). link
"Ab initio study of (100) diamond surface spins," J. Chou, P. Udvarhelyi, N. P. de Leon, A. Gali, Phys. Rev. Applied 20, 014040 (2023). link
"Chemical profiles of the oxides on tantalum in state of the art superconducting circuits," R. A. McLellan, A. Dutta, C. Zhou, Y. Jia, C. Weiland, X. Gui, A. P. M. Place, K. D. Crowley, X. H. Le, T. Madhavan, Y. Gang, L. Baker, A. R. Head, I. Waluyo, R. Li, K. Kisslinger, A. Hunt, I. Jarrige, S. A. Lyon, A. M. Barbour, R. J. Cava, A. A. Houck, S. L. Hulbert, M. Liu, A. L. Walter, N. P. de Leon, Advanced Science, 10, 2300921 (2023). link
"Hybrid Integration of GaP Photonic Crystal Cavities with Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond by Stamp-Transfer," S. Chakravarthi, N. S. Yama, A. Abulnaga, D. Huang, C. Pederson, K. Hestroffer, F. Hatami, N. P. de Leon, K.-M. C. Fu, Nano Letters, 23, 9, 3708–3715 (2023). link
"Neutral silicon vacancy centers in undoped diamond via surface control," Z. Zhang, J. A. Zuber, L. V. H. Rodgers, X. Gui, P. Stevenson, M. Li, M. Batzer, M. Grimau, B. Shields, A. M. Edmonds, N. Palmer, M. L. Markham, R. J. Cava, P. Maletinsky, N. P. de Leon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 166902 (2023). link
"A telecom O-band emitter in diamond," S. Mukherjee, Z. Zhang, D. G. Oblinsky, M. O. de Vries, B. C. Johnson, B. C. Gibson, E. L. H. Mayes, A. M. Edmonds, N. Palmer, M. L. Markham, A. Gali, G. Thiering, A. Dalis, T. Dumm, G. D. Scholes, A. Stacey, P. Reineck, N. P. de Leon, Nano Letters 23, 7, 2557–2562 (2023). link
"Neutral silicon vacancy centers in diamond via photoactivated itinerant carriers," Z. Zhang, A. M. Edmonds, N. Palmer, M. L. Markham, N. P. de Leon, Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 034022 (2023). link
"Probing itinerant carrier dynamics at the diamond surface using single nitrogen vacancy centers," M. Mahdia, J. Allred, Z. Yuan, J. Rovny, N. P. de Leon, Applied Physics Letters, 122, 064002 (2023). link
"Room-temperature photo-chromism of silicon vacancy centers in CVD diamond," A. Wood, A. Lozovoi, Z. Zhang, S. Sharma, G. I. López-Morales, H. Jayakumar, N. P. de Leon, C. A. Meriles, Nano Lett. 23, 3, 1017–1022 (2023). link
"Nanoscale covariance magnetometry with diamond quantum sensors," J. Rovny, Z. Yuan, M. Fitzpatrick, A. I. Abdalla, L. Futamura, C. Fox, M. C. Cambria, S. Kolkowitz, N. P. de Leon, Science 378, 6626 1301-1305 (2022). link
"Probing spin dynamics on diamond surfaces using a single quantum sensor," B. L. Dwyer, L. V. H. Rodgers, E. K. Urbach, D. Bluvstein, S. Sangtawesin, H. Zhou, Y. Nassab, M. Fitzpatrick, Z. Yuan, K. De Greve, E. L. Peterson, J. Chou, A. Gali, V. V. Dobrovitski, M. D. Lukin, N. P. de Leon, PRX Quantum 3, 040328 (2022). link
"Erbium-Implanted Materials for Quantum Communication Applications," P. Stevenson, C. M Phenicie, I. Gray, S. P. Horvath, S. Welinski, A. M Ferrenti, A. Ferrier, P. Goldner, S. Das, R. Ramesh, R. J. Cava, N. P. de Leon, J. D. Thompson, Phys. Rev. B 105, 224106 (2022). link
"Biocompatible surface functionalization architecture for a diamond quantum sensor," M. Xie, X. Yu, L. V. H. Rodgers, D. Xu, I. Chi-Duran, A. Toros, N. Quack, N. P. de Leon, P. C. Maurer, PNAS 119 (8) e2114186119 (2022). link
"Materials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond," L. V. H. Rodgers, L. B. Hughes, M. Xie, P. C. Maurer, S. Kolkowitz, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, N. P. de Leon, MRS Bulletin 46 (2021). link
"Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware," N. P. de Leon, K. M. Itoh, D. Kim, K. K. Mehta, T. E. Northup, H. Paik, B. S. Palmer, N. Samarth, S. Sangtawesin, D. W. Steuerman, Science 372, 6539, eabb2823 (2021). link
"New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds," A. P. M. Place, L. V. H. Rodgers, P. Mundada, B. M. Smitham, M. Fitzpatrick, Z. Leng, A. Premkumar, J. Bryon, A. Vrajitoarea, S. Sussman, G. Cheng, T. Madhavan, H. K. Babla, X. H. Le, Y. Gang, B. Jaeck, A. Gyenis, N. Yao, R. J. Cava, N. P. de Leon, A. A. Houck, Nature Communications 12, 1779 (2021). link
"Hybrid III-V diamond photonic platform for quantum nodes based on neutral silicon vacancy centers in diamond," D. Huang, A. Abulnaga, S. Welinski, M. Raha, J. D. Thompson, N. P. de Leon, Optics Express 29(6), 9174-9189 (2021). link
"Semiconductor Qubits in Practice," A. Chatterjee, P. Stevenson, S. De Franceschi, A. Morello, N. P. de Leon, F. Kuemmeth, Nature Reviews Physics 3, 157–177 (2021). link
"Optically detected magnetic resonance in the neutral silicon vacancy center in diamond via bound exciton states," Z. Zhang, P. Stevenson, G. Thiering, B. C. Rose, D. Huang, A. M. Edmonds, M. L. Markham, S. A. Lyon, A. Gali, N. P. de Leon, Physical Review Letters 125, 237402 (2020). link
"Identifying candidate hosts for quantum defects via data mining," A. M. Ferrenti, N. P. de Leon, J. D. Thompson, R. J. Cava, npj Computational Materials, 6, 126 (2020). link
"Charge state dynamics and optically detected electron spin resonance contrast of shallow nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond," Z. Yuan, M. Fitzpatrick, L. V. H. Rodgers, S. Sangtawesin, S. Srinivasan, N. P. de Leon, Physical Review Research 2, 033263 (2020). link
“Narrow optical linewidths in erbium implanted in TiO2,” C. M. Phenicie, P. Stevenson, S. Welinski, B. C. Rose, A. T. Asfaw, R. J. Cava, S. A. Lyon, N. P. de Leon, J. D. Thompson, Nano Letters, 19, 12, 8928-8933 (2019). link
"Origins of diamond surface noise probed by correlating single spin measurements with surface spectroscopy," S. Sangtawesin, B. L. Dwyer, S. Srinivasan, J. J. Allred, L. V. H. Rodgers, K. De Greve, A. Stacey, N. Dontschuk, K. M. O'Donnell, D. Hu, D. A. Evans, C. Jaye, D. A. Fischer, M. L. Markham, D. J. Twitchen, H. Park, M. D. Lukin, N. P. de Leon, Physical Review X 9, 031052 (2019). link
“Evidence for primal sp2 defects at the diamond surface: candidates for electron trapping and noise sources,” A. Stacey, N. Dontschuk, J. Chou, D. A. Broadway, A. Schenk, M. J. Sear, J. P. Tetienne, A. Hoffman, S. Prawer, C. I. Pakes, A. Tadich, N. P. de Leon, A. Gali, L. C. L. Hollenberg, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 1801449 (2018). link
“Strongly Anisotropic Spin Relaxation in the Neutral Silicon Vacancy Center in Diamond,” B. C. Rose, G. Thiering, A. M. Tyryshkin, A. M. Edmonds, M. L. Markham, A. Gali, S. A. Lyon, N. P. de Leon, Physical Review B 98, 235140 (2018). link
“Observation of an environmentally insensitive solid state spin defect in diamond,” B. C. Rose, D. Huang, Z. Zhang, P. Stevenson, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. Sangtawesin, S. Srinivasan, L. Loudin, M. L. Markham, A. M. Edmonds, D. J. Twitchen, S. A. Lyon, N. P. de Leon, Science 361, 60-63 (2018). reprint link
“Improving Defect-Based Quantum Emitters in Silicon Carbide via Inorganic Passivation,” M. J. Polking, A. M. Dibos, N. P. de Leon, and H. Park, Advanced Materials 30(4), 201704543 (2018).
“Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Single Proteins using Quantum Logic,” I. Lovchinsky, A. O. Sushkov, E. Urbach, N. P. de Leon, S. Choi, K. De Greve, R. Evans, R. Gertner, E. Bersin, C. Muller, L. McGuinness, F. Jelezko, R. L. Walsworth, H. Park, M. D. Lukin, Science 351, 836-841 (2016).
“Visible-Frequency Plasmonic Metasurface,” A. High, R. Devlin, A. Dibos, M. Polking, D. Wild, J. Perczel, N. P. de Leon, M. D. Lukin, H. Park, Nature 522, 192-196 (2015).
“Efficient readout of a single spin state in diamond via spin-to-charge conversion,” B. J. Shields, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, N. P. de Leon, H. Park, M. D. Lukin, Physical Review Letters 114, 136402 (2015).
“Efficient fiber-optical interface for nanophotonic devices,” T. G. Tiecke, K. P. Nayak, J. D. Thompson, T. Peyronel, N. P. de Leon, V. Vuletic, M. D. Lukin, Optica 2, 70-75 (2015).
“Nanophotonic quantum phase switch with a single atom,” T. G. Tiecke, J. D. Thompson, N. P. de Leon, L. R. Liu, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin, Nature 508(7495), 241-244 (2014).
“Coherent optical transitions in implanted nitrogen vacancy centers,” Y. Chu*, N. P. de Leon*, B. J. Shields, B. J. M. Hausmann, R. E. Evans, E. Togan, M. J. Burek, M. Markham, A. Stacey, A. S. Zibrov, A. Yacoby, D. J. Twitchen, M. Loncar, H. Park, P. Maletinsky, M. D. Lukin, Nano Letters 14(4), 1982-1986 (2014).
“Coupling of NV centers to photonic crystal nanobeams in diamond,” B. J.M. Hausmann, B. J. Shields, Q. Quan, Y. Chu, N. P. de Leon, R. Evans, M. J. Burek, A. S. Zibrov, M. Markham, D. J. Twitchen, H. Park, M. D. Lukin, M. Loncar, Nano Letters 13(12), 5791-5796 (2013).
“Coupling a single trapped atom to a nanoscale optical cavity,” J. D. Thompson, T. G. Tiecke, N. P. de Leon, J. Feist, A. V. Akimov, M. Gullans, A. S. Zibrov, V. Vuletic, M. D. Lukin, Science 340 (6137), 1202-1205 (2013).
“Stretchable photonic crystal cavity with wide frequency tunability,” C. L. Yu, H. Kim, N. P. de Leon, I. Frank, J. Robinson, M. McCutcheon, M. Liu, M. D. Lukin, M. Loncar, H. Park, Nano Letters 13(1), 248-252 (2013).
“Free-standing mechanical and photonic nanostructures in single-crystal diamond,” M. J. Burek, N. P. de Leon, B. J. Shields, B. J. M. Hausmann, Y. Chu, Q. Quan, A. S. Zibrov, H. Park, M. D. Lukin, M. Loncar, Nano Letters 12(12), 6084-6089 (2012).
“Quantum Plasmonic Circuits” (invited review), N. P. de Leon, M. D. Lukin, H. Park, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 18(6), 1781-1791 (2012).
“Tailoring light-matter interaction with a nanoscale plasmon resonator,” N. P. de Leon, B. J. Shields, C. L. Yu, D. Englund, A. V. Akimov, M. D. Lukin, H. Park, Physical Review Letters 108(22), 226803 (2012).
“High Efficiency Water Photolysis with TiO2 Nanowires,” M. Liu,* N. de Leon Snapp,* H. Park, Chemical Science 2, 80-87 (2011).
"Near field electrical detection of optical plasmons and single plasmon sources," A. L. Falk, F. H. L. Koppens, C. L. Yu, K. Kang, N. P. de Leon Snapp, A. V. Akimov, M. Jo, M. D. Lukin, H. Park, Nature Physics 5, 475-479 (2009).
"Vibrational excitation in single-molecule transistors: deviation from the simple Franck-Condon prediction" N. P. de Leon, W. Liang, Q. Gu, and H. Park, Nano Letters 8, 2963-2967 (2008).
“Strain-Induced Self Organization of Metal-Semiconductor Domains in Single-Crystalline VO2 Nanobeams,” J. Wu, Q. Gu, B. S. Guiton, N. P. de Leon, L. Ouyang, H. Park, Nano Letters 6, 2313-2317 (2006).
"Extracts of impact breccia samples from Sudbury, Gardnos, and Ries impact craters and the effects of aggregation on C60 detection," J. E. Elsila, N. P. de Leon, F. L. Plows, P. R. Buseck, R. N. Zare; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(11), 2891-2899 (2005).
"Alkylation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Carbonaceous Chondrites," J. E. Elsila, N. P. de Leon, P. R. Buseck, R. N. Zare; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(5), 1349-1357 (2005).
"Factors Affecting Quantitative Analysis in Laser Desorption/Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry," J. E. Elsila, N. P. de Leon, R. N. Zare, Analytical Chemistry 76(9), 2430-2437 (2004).
Patents
"Superconducting qubits based on tantalum," Andrew Houck, Nathalie de Leon, Robert Joseph Cava, Alex Place, Lila Rodgers, Sara Sussman, Mattias Fitzpatrick, Basil Smitham, Patent WO2021096955 (2021).
“Synthetic engineered diamond materials with spin impurities and methods of making the same,” N. P. de Leon, B. C. Rose, D. Huang, Z. Zhang, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. Sangtawesin, S. Srinivasan, L. Loudin, M. L. Markham, A. M. Edmonds, D. J. Twitchen, S. A. Lyon, Patent WO2019055975 (2019).
“Synthetic diamond materials for quantum and optical applications and methods of making the same,” N. P. de Leon, Y. Chu, B. Shields, B. J. M. Hausmann, P. Maletinsky, R. E. Evans, M. Markham, A. Stacey, A. Yacoby, H. Park, M. Loncar, M. D. Lukin, Patent WO2014090662A1 (2014).
“Small-scale fabrication systems and methods,” M. J. Burek, N. P. de Leon, B. Shields, B. J. M. Hausmann, M. D. Lukin, M. Loncar, Patent WO2013147966A2 (2013).