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Shining Diamond: from Micro- and Nano-Engineering to Quantum Photonics

The discovery of room-temperature single photon emission from color centers in diamond has in recent years boosted research interest in this renowned material in photonics and quantum community and beyond. Following understanding some basic principles of h ...

EPFL2021

Diamond diffractive optics-recent progress and perspectives

Niels Quack, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Gergely Huszka, Sichen Mi

Diamond is an exceptional material that has recently seen a remarkable increase in interest in academic research and engineering since high-quality substrates became commercially available and affordable. Exploiting the high refractive index, hardness, las ...

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH2021

Single crystal diamond micro-disk resonators by focused ion beam milling

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Sichen Mi

We report on single crystal diamond micro-disk resonators fabricated in bulk chemical vapor deposition diamond plates (3 mm x 3 mm x 0.15 mm) using a combination of deep reactive ion etching and Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling. The resulting structures are ...

2018

Enhancement of optical quality factor by thermal annealing of single crystal diamond micro-resonators

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Sichen Mi

We report on the increase in optical quality factor of a suspended single crystal diamond micro-disk resonator by thermal annealing. The resonators are fabricated by Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) to obtain circular pillars in bulk single crystal diamond ...

IEEE2018

Size control of self-organized gold nanoparticles on nanopatterned single crystal diamond

Olivier Martin, Niels Quack, Christian Santschi, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Sichen Mi

Surface patterning using plasmonic nanoparticles has attracted increasing interest owing to their wide use in sensing, imaging and medical applications. In this report we demonstrate bottom-up engineering of size distribution of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) ...

IEEE2018

Non-contact polishing of single crystal diamond by ion beam etching

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Sichen Mi, Adrien Marc Toros

We propose a non-contact surface finishing method for brittle substrates by ion beam etching and we experimentally demonstrate polishing of (100) single crystal diamond surface. We model and simulate the polishing process, and verify the results experiment ...

2019

Integrated photonic devices in single crystal diamond

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Sichen Mi

The field of diamond photonics is reviewed, with a focus on recent experimental demonstrations of photonic integrated devices in a single crystal diamond. This field leverages the outstanding material properties of diamond with the aim to establish large-s ...

2020

Reactive ion etching of single crystal diamond by inductively coupled plasma: State of the art and catalog of recipes

Niels Quack, Pascal Gallo, Teodoro Graziosi, Marcell Kristof Kiss, Sichen Mi, Adrien Marc Toros, Mehdi Naamoun

2020

Freestanding optical micro-disk resonators in single-crystal diamond by reactive ion etching and multidirectional focused ion-beam milling

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Sichen Mi

2018

Non-contact polishing of a crystalline layer or substrate by ion beam etching

Niels Quack, Teodoro Graziosi, Sichen Mi, Adrien Marc Toros

Polishing method comprising the steps of: - providing at least one crystalline layer or substrate, the at least one crystalline layer or substrate extending in at least one plane, and including at least one outer surface and at least one depression extendi ...

2020