{"id":522,"date":"2025-05-23T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:22:56","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"522\" class=\"elementor elementor-522\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a590fe elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a590fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/7Tcryo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/7Tcryo.png 531w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/7Tcryo-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-505b2ced\" data-id=\"505b2ced\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f96172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3f96172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8243a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b8243a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7T Cryo-Spectroscopy Suite \n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f77c4ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f77c4ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Built around a magneto-optical OptiCool\u00ae cryostat from Quantum Design\u2122, our cryogenic spectroscopy suite allows multispectral characterization and imaging of optical materials and devices. \u00a0Offering an automated cooldown and seamless temperature control through the range of 350 K to 1.7 K, the OptiCool\u00ae platform also has the low vibration and stability that is critical to optical measurements.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09fe3f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09fe3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent publications obtained with this system:\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5bb53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d5bb53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Datta, B. et al. <i>Magnon-mediated exciton\u2013exciton interaction in a van der Waals antiferromagnet,\u00a0<\/i>Nat. Mater.\u00a0(2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41563-025-02183-0\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41563-025-02183-0<\/a><\/li><li>M. Li, et al., <i style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\">Experimental observation of topological Z2 exciton-polaritons in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\">, Nat. Commun. <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\">12<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\">, 1-10 (2021).<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca7ba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cca7ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Button trigger modal -->\r\n<button class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#modal-5\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\r\n  Learn More\r\n<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- Modal -->\r\n<div class=\"modal fade\" id=\"modal-5\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"exampleModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n  <div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\r\n    <div class=\"modal-content\">\r\n      <div class=\"modal-header\">\r\n        \r\n        <!--Title-->\r\n        <h5 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"exampleModalLabel\">\r\n        <\/h5>\r\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\r\n          <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\r\n        <\/button>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <!--Content-->\r\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\r\n       OptiCool's innovative sample pod technology and generous sample volume offers exciting possibilities in experiment design allowing customized set-ups for our optical measurements. System features a top window and multiple side window options to customize optical access, including through a bottom window and a pass-through fiber access, as well as pass-through wiring for back-gating 2D materials to control carrier density.<br>\r\n       <br>Our setup features a 7-tesla split-conical magnet with field perpendicular to the table and large volume of field uniformity. Its 7 side windows allow for unprecedented optical access to a with customized windows for visible, near-IR, and mid-IR experiments.<br>\r\n    The system is also equipped with an attocube\u2122 nano-positioner system integrated with home-made sample holders enabling nanoscale precise alignment of quantum materials and quantum emitters in our photonic nanostructures for our optical experiments.\r\n\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"modal-footer\">\r\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-default\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cb4c46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cb4c46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ecd0c70\" data-id=\"2ecd0c70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abf00ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3abf00ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/Visible-IR.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-534\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/Visible-IR.png 625w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/Visible-IR-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63bcc27d\" data-id=\"63bcc27d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a301a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a301a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visible and near-IR characterization suite\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2964bf94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2964bf94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This custom-bult system allows broadband characterization of optical nanostructures, photonic and polaritonic metasurfaces, and photonic crystals via direct and back focal plane (Fourier plane) imaging. Based on a supercontinuum laser system with three acousto-optical filters, it allows reconstruction of photonic band structure and mode imaging in both far- and near-field regimes, with the latter one attained via solid immersion with high index Si, Ge, and ZnSe hemispheres.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1231e651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1231e651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent publications obtained with this system:\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29132de6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29132de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><p>A. Vakulenko, et al., <i>Adiabatic topological photonic interfaces<\/i>, Nat. Commun. <b>14<\/b>, 4629 (2023).<\/p><\/li><li><p>S. Kiriushechkina, et al., <i>Spin-dependent properties of optical modes guided by adiabatic trapping potentials in photonic Dirac metasurfaces<\/i>, Nat. Nanotech. <b>18<\/b>, 875\u2013881 (2023).<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be9fe6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be9fe6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f33186b\" data-id=\"f33186b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff48285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ff48285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/MidIR.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-535\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/MidIR.png 594w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/MidIR-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-527ef347\" data-id=\"527ef347\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc23c45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3dc23c45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mid-IR characterization suite\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f410a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56f410a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Built around tunable quantum cascade laser with four modules and mid-IR camera, this custom-bult system allows nearly continuous broadband (5\u03bcm -12\u03bcm) characterization of optical nanostructures, photonic and polaritonic metasurfaces, and photonic crystals in mid-IR via direct and back focal plane (Fourier plane) imaging. Precise tuning of the laser wavelength allows extraction of constant-frequency contours in the imaging Fourier plane, and a subsequent reconstruction of photonic band structure. The mid-IR photonics and polaritonic modes can also be imaged in the far-field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-226dcacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"226dcacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent publications obtained with this system:\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313ff0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"313ff0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><p>D. Smirnova, et al., <i>Polaritonic states trapped by topological defects<\/i>, Nat. Commun. <b>15<\/b>, 6355 (2024).<\/p><\/li><li><p>K. Chen, et al., <i>Photonic Dirac cavities with spatially varying mass term<\/i>, Science <i>Advances<\/i> <b>9<\/b>, eabq4243 (2023).<\/p><\/li><li><p>S. Guddala, et al., <i>Topological phonon-polariton funneling in midinfrared metasurfaces<\/i>, Science <b>374<\/b>, 225-227 (2021).<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2932947 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2932947\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-532eba56\" data-id=\"532eba56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e858a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e858a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/2D.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-536\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/2D.png 382w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/2D-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e74d2f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e74d2f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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100vw, 383px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d96b354\" data-id=\"6d96b354\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d3324c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13d3324c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2D materials preparation, transfer, and characterization suite\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3729ffbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3729ffbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This custom-built microscope integrating imaging, luminescence, and precise positioning enables precise exfoliation and transfer of 2D material onto prefabricated photonic nanostructures, localization of quantum emitters, and their alignment with optical hotspot for emissions control and coupling for the formation of polaritonic modes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc98dbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc98dbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Defects for quantum emitters\n\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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This technique allows us to produce quantum emitters on demand and at required locations to alight their position with hotspots of electric field in our nanostructures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22429368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22429368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent publications obtained with this system:\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c285c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c285c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><p>D. Smirnova, et al., <i>Polaritonic states trapped by topological defects<\/i>, Nat. Commun. <b>15<\/b>, 6355 (2024).<\/p><\/li><li><p>S. Guddala, et al., <i>Topological phonon-polariton funneling in midinfrared metasurfaces<\/i>, Science <b>374<\/b>, 225-227 (2021).<\/p><\/li><li><p>M. Li, et al., <i>Experimental observation of topological Z2 exciton-polaritons in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers<\/i>, Nat. Commun. <b>12<\/b>, 1-10 (2021).<\/p><\/li><li><p>S. Guddala, et al., <i>All-optical nonreciprocity due to valley polarization pumping in transition metal dichalcogenides<\/i>, Nat. Commun. <b>12<\/b>, 1-9 (2021).<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac9aea8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac9aea8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f735f19\" data-id=\"5f735f19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9a867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de9a867\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/interference.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-538\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/interference.png 579w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/05\/interference-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844fbaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"844fbaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b44b27c\" data-id=\"3b44b27c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f17dc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f17dc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quantum interference and single photon characterization\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146023e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"146023e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This custom-built system allows multiple configurations for the characterization of quantum states of light, including single photons and entangled photon pairs. With a simple adjustment, our structures with embedded single photon emitters can be tested for generation of single photons via antibunching. Similarly, nanostructures based on conventional and 2D\/vdW materials can be tested for generation of entangled photon pairs via nonlinear processes (e.g., spontaneous parametric down conversion \u2013 SPDC) via either time-of-arrival or the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiments. Single photons detectors offer good quantum efficiency, and the computer controlled counting module and scanning stage allow automation of our experiments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa14602 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa14602\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58082f24\" data-id=\"58082f24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654f628e elementor-widget 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