Publications

Benchmarking Cantilever Torque Magnetometry as a Platform for Characterizing Molecular Qubits: A Case Study on Ni(II) Complexes

Authors

Jett T. Janetzki, Arsen Raza, Matteo Briganti, Rocco Duquennoy, Anne-Laure Barra, Costanza Toninelli, Mauro Perfetti, Lorenzo Sorace

Source

Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol 148 Issue 10 (2026)

Hybrid interfaces at the single quantum level in fluorescent molecules

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

Daniele De Bernardis, Hugo Levy-Falk, Elena Fanella, Rocco Duquennoy, Valerio Digiorgio, Giacomo Scalari, Maja Colautti, Costanza Toninelli

Source

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-9565/ae0960/meta

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Advances in Quantum Metrology with Dielectrically Structured Single Photon Sources Based on Molecules

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

Pietro Lombardi,* Hristina Georgieva, Franziska Hirt, Juergen Mony, Rocco Duquennoy, Ramin Emadi, Maria Guadalupe Aparicio, Maja Colautti, Marco López, Stefan Kück, and Costanza Toninelli

Source

Adv. Quantum Technol. 2024, 2400107

Enhanced control of single-molecule emission frequency and spectral diffusion

Single photon source and beyond Nanoscale quantum sensors

Authors

Rocco Duquennoy, Simon Landrieux, Daniele De Bernardis, Juergen Mony, Maja Colautti, Lin Jin, Wolfram H.P. Pernice, Costanza Toninelli

Source

ACS Nano Vol 18/Issue 47 (2024)

Efficient room-temperature molecular single-photon sources for quantum key distribution

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

Ghulam Murtaza, Maja Colautti, Michael Hilke, Pietro Lombardi, Francesco Saverio Cataliotti, Alessandro Zavatta, Davide Bacco, and Costanza Toninelli

Source

Optics Express Vol. 31, No. 6, 9437 (2023)

Singular Spectrum Analysis of Two Photon Interference from Distinct Quantum Emitters

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

R. Duquennoy, M. Colautti, P. Lombardi, V. Berardi, I. Gianani, C. Toninelli, and M. Barbieri

Source

Phys. Rev. Research 5, 023191 – (2023)

Quantum thermometry with single molecules in portable nanoprobes

Nanoscale quantum sensors

Authors

V Esteso, R Duquennoy, RC Ng, M Colautti, P Lombardi, G Arregui, E Chavez-Ángel, CM Sotomayor-Torres, PD García, M Hilke, C Toninelli

Source

Phys. Rev. X Quantum 4, 040314 (2023)

Real-time two-photon interference from distinct molecules on the same chip

Single photon source and beyond ERC

Authors

R. Duquennoy, M. Colautti, R. Emadi, P. Majumder, P. Lombardi, C. Toninelli

Source

Optica 9, 731-737 (2022)

Single photon sources for quantum radiometry: a brief review about the current state-of-the-art

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces ERC

Authors

Kuck S.; Lopez M.; Hofer H.; Georgieva H.; Christinck J.; Rodiek B.; Porrovecchio G.; Smid M.; Gotzinger S.; Becher C.; Fuchs P.; Lombardi P.; Toninelli C.; Trapuzzano M.; Colautti M.; Margheri G.; Degiovanni I.P.; Traina P.; Rodt S.; Reitzenstein S.

Source

App. Phys. B-Lasers And Optics 128, 28 (2022)

Special topic on non-classical light emitters and single-photon detectors

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

C. Becher, S. Höfling, J. Liu, P Michler, W. Pernice, and C. Toninelli

Source

Applied Physics Letters 120 (1) 010401 (2022)

Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies

Single photon source and beyond Nanoscale quantum sensors Novel light matter interfaces ERC

Authors

C. Toninelli, I. Gerhardt, A. S. Clark, A. Reserbat-Plantey, S. Götzinger, Z. Ristanović, M. Colautti, P. Lombardi, K. D. Major, I. Deperasińska, W. H. Pernice, F. H. L. Koppens, B. Kozankiewicz, A. Gourdon, V. Sandoghdar and M. Orrit

Source

Nature Materials 20, pages 1615–1628 (2021)

Triggered emission of indistinguishable photons from an organic dye molecule

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

Pietro Lombardi, Maja Colautti, Rocco Duquennoy, Ghülam Murtaza, Prosenjit Majumder, and Costanza Toninelli

Source

Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 204002 (2021)

Coherent characterisation of a single molecule in a photonic black box

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

S. Boissier, R.C. Schofield, L. Jin, A. Ovvyan, S. Nur, F. H. L. Koppens, C. Toninelli,W. H. P. Pernice, K.D. Major, E. A. Hinds, and A.S. Clark

Source

Nat. Comm. 12-706 (2021)

A Molecule-Based Single-Photon Source Applied in Quantum Radiometry

Authors

P. Lombardi, M. Trapuzzano, M. Colautti, G. Margheri, I. P. Degiovanni, M. López, S. Kück, and C. Toninelli

Source

Advance Quantum technologies, 3, 1900083, (2020)

Laser-Induced Frequency Tuning of Fourier-Limited Single-Molecule Emitters

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

M. Colautti, F.S. Piccioli, Z. Ristanovic, P. Lombardi, A. Moradi, S. Adhikari, I. Deperasinska, B. Kozankiewicz, M. Orrit and C. Toninelli

Source

ACS Nano (2020)

Cold and hot spots: from inhibition to enhancement by nanoscale phase tuning of optical nanoantennas

Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

Nicola Palombo Blascetta, Pietro Lombardi, Costanza Toninelli, and Niek F. van Hulst

Source

Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 9, 6756–6762

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A 3D Polymeric Platform for Photonic Quantum Technologies

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

M. Colautti, P. Lombardi, M. Trapuzzano, F. S. Piccioli, S. Pazzagli, B. Tiribilli, S. Nocentini, F. S. Cataliotti, D.S. Wiersma and C. Toninelli

Source

Advanced Quantum technologies 3, 7 cover (2020)

Narrow Line Width Quantum Emitters in an Electron-Beam-Shaped Polymer

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

C. Ciancico, K. G. Schädler, S. Pazzagli, M. Colautti, P. Lombardi, J. Osmond, C. Dore, A. Mihi, A. P. Ovvyan, W. H. P. Pernice, E. Berretti, A. Lavacchi, C. Toninelli, F. Koppens, and A.e Reserbat-Plantey

Source

ACS Photonics 6, 12, 3120–3125 (2019)

Electrical Control of Lifetime-Limited Quantum Emitters Using 2D Materials

Nanoscale quantum sensors ERC

Authors

K. G. Schädler, C. Ciancico, S. Pazzagli, P. Lombardi, A. Bachtold, C. Toninelli, A. Reserbat-Plantey, and F.H. L. Koppens

Source

Nanoletters (2019)

Field trial of a finite-key quantum key distribution system in the Florence metropolitan area

Authors

D. Bacco, I. Vagniluca, B. Da Lio, N. Biagi, A. Della Frera, D. Calonico, C. Toninelli, F. S. Cataliotti, M. Bellini, L. K. Oxenløwe, A. Zavatta

Source

EPJ QuantumTechnology 6:5 (2019)

Room-temperature ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of a single molecule

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

Matz Liebel, Costanza Toninelli and Niek F. van Hulst

Source

Nature Photonics 12, 45–49 (2018)

Self-Assembled Nanocrystals of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Show Photostable Single-Photon Emission

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

S. Pazzagli, P. Lombardi, D. Martella, M. Colautti, B. Tiribilli, F. S. Cataliotti, and C. Toninelli

Source

ACS Nano 12, 4295−4303 (2018)

Beaming light from a quantum emitter with a planar optical antenna

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

S. Checcucci, P. Lombardi, S. Rizvi, F. Sgrignuoli, N. Gruhler, F.B.C. Dieleman, F.S. Cataliotti, W. H. P. Pernice, M. Agio, and C. Toninelli

Source

Light: Science and Applications, (2017) 6, e16245

Photostable molecules on chip: integrated single photon sources for quantum technologies

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

P. Lombardi, A. P. Ovvyan, S. Pazzagli, G. Mazzamuto, G. Kewes, O. Neitzke, N. Gruhler, O. Benson, W.H.P. Pernice, F. S. Cataliotti, and C. Toninelli

Source

ACS Photonics Vol 5/Issue 1 (2017)

Deducing effective light transport parameters in optically thin systems

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

G. Mazzamuto, L.Pattelli, C. Toninelli and D.S. Wiersma

Source

New J. Phys. 18, 023036 (2016)

Diffusion of light in semitransparent media

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

L. Pattelli, G. Mazzamuto, D.S. Wiersma and C. Toninelli

Source

Phys. Rev. A 94, 043846 (2016)

Electromechanical control of nitrogen-vacancy defect emission using graphene NEMS

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

A. Reserbat-Plantey, K. G. Schädler, L. Gaudreau, G. Navickaite, J. Güttinger, D. Chang, C.Toninelli, A. Bachtold, F. H.L. Koppens

Source

Nature Communications 7, 10218, (2016)

Robust luminescence of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond at high temperatures

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

S. Lagomarsino, F. Gorelli, M. Santoro, N. Fabbri, A. Hajeb, S. Sciortino, L. Palla, C. Czelusniak, M. Massi, F. Taccetti, L. Giuntini, N. Gelli, D. Yu Fedyanin, F. S. Cataliotti, C. Toninelli, Mario Agio

Source

AIP Advances 5, 127117 (2015)

Necklace state hallmark in disordered 2D photonic systems

Single photon source and beyond Nanoscale quantum sensors Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

F. Sgrignuoli, G. Mazzamuto, N. Caselli, F. Intonti, F. S. Cataliotti, M. Gurioli and C. Toninelli

Source

ACS Photonics 2, 1636–1643 (2015)

A realistic fabrication and design concept for quantum gates based on single emitters integrated in plasmonic-dielectric waveguide structures

Past research activities

Authors

G. Mazzamuto, A. Tabani, S. Pazzagli, S. Rizvi, A. Reserbat-Plantey, K. Schädler, G. Navickaite, L. Gaudreau, F. S. Cataliotti, F. Koppens and C. Toninelli

Source

New Journal of Physics, Volume 16, (2014)

Coupling of single DBT molecules to a graphene monolayer: proof of principle for a graphene nanoruler

Past research activities ERC

Authors

G. Mazzamuto, A. Tabani, S. Pazzagli, S. Rizvi, A. Reserbat-Plantey, K. Schädler, G. Navickaite, L. Gaudreau, F. S. Cataliotti, F. Koppens and C. Toninelli

Source

MRS Proceedings, 1728, mrsf14-1728-l06-02 (2014)

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Single-molecule study for a graphene-based nano-position sensor

Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

G. Mazzamuto, A. Tabani, S. Pazzagli, S. Rizvi, A. Reserbat-Plantey, K. Schädler, G. Navickaite, L. Gaudreau, F. S. Cataliotti, F. Koppens and C. Toninelli

Source

New Journal of Physics, 16 113007 (2014)

Photonic crystals with controlled disorder

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

P. D. Garcia, R. Sapienza, C. Toninelli, C. Lopez, and D. S. Wiersma

Source

Phys. Rev. A, 84, 023813 (2011)

Near-infrared single-photons from aligned molecules in ultrathin crystalline films at room temperature

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

C. Toninelli, K. Early, J. Bremi, A. Renn, S. Götzinger, and V. Sandoghdar

Source

Opt. Express 18, 6577 (2010)

A scanning microcavity for in situ control of single-molecule emission

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

C. Toninelli, Y. Delley, T. Stöferle, A. Renn, S. Götzinger, and V. Sandoghdar

Source

APL, 97, 021107, (2010)

Dynamics of capillary condensation in bistable optical superlattices

Single photon source and beyond

Authors

Z. Gaburro, M. Ghulinyan, L. Pavesi, P. Barthelemy, C. Toninelli and D.S. Wiersma

Source

Phys. Rev. B, 77, 115354 (2008)

Exceptional reduction of the diffusion constant in partially disordered photonic crystals

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

C. Toninelli, E. Vekris, G.A. Ozin, S. John and D.S. Wiersma

Source

Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 123901 (2008)

Optical switching by capillary condensation

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces

Authors

P. Barthelemy, M. Ghulinyan, Z. Gaburro, C. Toninelli, L. Pavesi, and D.S. Wiersma

Source

Nature Photonics, 1, 172, (2007)

Wide-band transmission of nondistorted slow waves in one-dimensional optical superlattices

Past research activities

Authors

M. Ghulinyan, M. Galli, C. Toninelli, J. Bertolotti, S. Gottardo, D.S. Wiersma, L. Pavesi, and L. C. Andreani

Source

App. Phys. Lett., 88, 241103, (2006)

Three-dimensional silicon inverse photonic quasicrystals for infrared wavelengths

Single photon source and beyond Novel light matter interfaces Past research activities

Authors

A. Ledermann, L. Cademartiri, M. Hermatschweiler, C. Toninelli, G.A. Ozin, D.S. Wiersma, M. Wegener, and G. von Freymann

Source

Nature materials, 5, 942-945, (2006)

Zener tunneling of light waves in an optical superlattice

Past research activities

Authors

M. Ghulinyan, C. J. Oton, Z. Gaburro, L. Pavesi, C. Toninelli and D.S. Wiersma

Source

Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 127401, (2005)

Precision frequency measurement of visible intercombination lines of strontium

Past research activities

Authors

G. Ferrari, P. Cancio, R. Drullinger, G. Giusfredi, N. Poli, M. Prevedelli, C. Toninelli and G. M. Tino

Source

Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 243002-1, (2003)

Hybrid interfaces at the single quantum level in fluorescent molecules

Quantum emitters near metallic interfaces

Real-time two-photon interference from distinct molecules on the same chip

Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies

Cold and hot spots: from inhibition to enhancement by nanoscale phase tuning of optical nanoantennas

Electrical Control of Lifetime-Limited Quantum Emitters Using 2D Materials

Benchmarking Cantilever Torque Magnetometry as a Platform for Characterizing Molecular Qubits: A Case Study on Ni(II) Complexes

Hybrid interfaces at the single quantum level in fluorescent molecules

Advances in Quantum Metrology with Dielectrically Structured Single Photon Sources Based on Molecules

Enhanced control of single-molecule emission frequency and spectral diffusion

Efficient room-temperature molecular single-photon sources for quantum key distribution

Singular Spectrum Analysis of Two Photon Interference from Distinct Quantum Emitters

Quantum thermometry with single molecules in portable nanoprobes

Real-time two-photon interference from distinct molecules on the same chip

Single photon sources for quantum radiometry: a brief review about the current state-of-the-art

Special topic on non-classical light emitters and single-photon detectors

Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies

Triggered emission of indistinguishable photons from an organic dye molecule

Coherent characterisation of a single molecule in a photonic black box

A Molecule-Based Single-Photon Source Applied in Quantum Radiometry

Laser-Induced Frequency Tuning of Fourier-Limited Single-Molecule Emitters

Cold and hot spots: from inhibition to enhancement by nanoscale phase tuning of optical nanoantennas

A 3D Polymeric Platform for Photonic Quantum Technologies

Narrow Line Width Quantum Emitters in an Electron-Beam-Shaped Polymer

Electrical Control of Lifetime-Limited Quantum Emitters Using 2D Materials

Field trial of a finite-key quantum key distribution system in the Florence metropolitan area

Room-temperature ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of a single molecule

Self-Assembled Nanocrystals of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Show Photostable Single-Photon Emission

Beaming light from a quantum emitter with a planar optical antenna

Photostable molecules on chip: integrated single photon sources for quantum technologies

Deducing effective light transport parameters in optically thin systems

Diffusion of light in semitransparent media

Electromechanical control of nitrogen-vacancy defect emission using graphene NEMS

Robust luminescence of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond at high temperatures

Necklace state hallmark in disordered 2D photonic systems

A realistic fabrication and design concept for quantum gates based on single emitters integrated in plasmonic-dielectric waveguide structures

Coupling of single DBT molecules to a graphene monolayer: proof of principle for a graphene nanoruler

Single-molecule study for a graphene-based nano-position sensor

Photonic crystals with controlled disorder

Near-infrared single-photons from aligned molecules in ultrathin crystalline films at room temperature

A scanning microcavity for in situ control of single-molecule emission

Dynamics of capillary condensation in bistable optical superlattices

Exceptional reduction of the diffusion constant in partially disordered photonic crystals

Optical switching by capillary condensation

Wide-band transmission of nondistorted slow waves in one-dimensional optical superlattices

Three-dimensional silicon inverse photonic quasicrystals for infrared wavelengths

Zener tunneling of light waves in an optical superlattice

Precision frequency measurement of visible intercombination lines of strontium

Quantum emitters near metallic interfaces

Organic nanocrystals and polymeric waveguides: a novel path towards integrated quantum nanophotonics

Integrated single-molecule based single-photon sources for photonic quantum technologies

Microbubble resonators for sensing and light generation applications