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Papers published in 2021

Burian M, Pedrini BF, Ortiz Hernandez N, Ueda H, Vaz CAF, Caputo M, et al.
Buried moiré supercells through SrTiO₃ nanolayer relaxation
Physical Review Research. 2021; 3(1): 013225 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013225
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Grimm M, Beckert A, Aeppli G, Müller M
Universal quantum computing using electronuclear wavefunctions of rare-earth ions
PRX Quantum. 2021; 2(1): 010312 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.010312
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Mayr S, Finizio S, Reuteler J, Stutz S, Dubs C, Weigand M, et al.
Xenon plasma focused ion beam milling for obtaining soft X-ray transparent samples
Crystals. 2021; 11(5): 546 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11050546
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Naftaly M, Chick S, Matmon G, Murdin B
Refractive indices of Ge and Si at temperatures between 4-296 K in the 4-8 THz region
Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(2): 487 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020487
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Ravnik J, Diego M, Gerasimenko Y, Vaskivskyi Y, Vaskivskyi I, Mertelj T, et al.
A time-domain phase diagram of metastable states in a charge ordered quantum material
Nature Communications. 2021; 12: 2323 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22646-7
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Ravnik J, Vaskivskyi Y, Vodeb J, Aupič P, Vaskivskyi I, Golež D, et al.
Quantum billiards with correlated electrons confined in triangular transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer nanostructures
Nature Communications. 2021; 12(1): 3793 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24073-0
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Rouxel JR, Fainozzi D, Mankowsky R, Rösner B, Seniutinas G, Mincigrucci R, et al.
Hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy on bismuth germanate
Nature Photonics. 2021; 15: 499-503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00797-9
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Xu Y, Herman F, Granata V, Destraz D, Das L, Vonka J, et al.
Magnetotransport of dirty-limit van Hove singularity quasiparticles
Communications Physics. 2021; 4: 1 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-020-00504-0
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Papers published in 2020

Armand Pilon FT, Niquet Y-M, Reboud V, Calvo V, Pauc N, Widiez J, et al.
Continuous wave lasing in strained germanium microbridge
In: 2020 IEEE photonics conference (IPC). Proceedings. IEEE photonics conference (IPC). Danvers, MA: IEEE; 2020:9252547 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC47351.2020.9252547
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Beckert A, Sigg H, Aeppli G
Taking advantage of multiplet structure for lineshape analysis in Fourier space
Optics Express. 2020; 28(17): 24937-24950. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.395877
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Choi J, Ivashko O, Blackburn E, Liang R, Bonn DA, Hardy WN, et al.
Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa₂Cu₃O_6.67
Nature Communications. 2020; 11: 990 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14536-1
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Chretien J, Pauc N, Thai QM, Armand Pilon F, Casiez L, Frauenrath M, et al.
Correlation between strain and maximum lasing temperature in GeSn microbridges
In: 2020 IEEE photonics conference (IPC). Proceedings. Vol. 2020. IEEE photonics conference (IPC). sine loco: IEEE; 2020:9252430 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC47351.2020.9252430
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Finizio S, Wintz S, Mayr S, Huxtable AJ, Langer M, Bailey J, et al.
Current-induced dynamical tilting of chiral domain walls in curved microwires
Applied Physics Letters. 2020; 116: 182404 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005186
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Finizio S, Wintz S, Mayr S, Huxtable AJ, Langer M, Bailey J, et al.
Time-resolved visualization of the magnetization canting induced by field-like spin–orbit torques
Applied Physics Letters. 2020; 117(21): 212404 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029816
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Grimm A, Frattini NE, Puri S, Mundhada SO, Touzard S, Mirrahimi M, et al.
Stabilization and operation of a Kerr-cat qubit
Nature. 2020; 584(7820): 205-209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2587-z
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Nipoti R, Parisini A, Boldrini V, Vantaggio S, Gorni M, Canino M, et al.
Ion implanted phosphorous for 4h-sic vdmosfets source regions: effect of the post implantation annealing time
In: Yano H, Ohshima T, Eto K, Harada S, Mitani T, Tanaka Y, eds. Vol. 1004. Materials science forum. sine loco: Trans Tech Publications Ltd; 2020:698-704. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1004.698
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Papers published in 2019

Armand Pilon FT, Lyasota A, Niquet Y-M, Reboud V, Calvo V, Pauc N, et al.
Lasing in strained germanium microbridges
Nature Communications. 2019; 10: 2724 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10655-6
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Chick S, Matmon G, Murdin B, Naftaly M
Metrology of complex refractive index for solids in the terahertz regime using frequency domain spectroscopy
In: 2019 44th international conference on infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz). Danvers: IEEE; 2019:8873778 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8873778
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Chretien J, Pauc N, Pilon FA, Bertrand M, Thai Q-M, Casiez L, et al.
GeSn lasers with uniaxial tensile strain in the gain medium
In: 2019 IEEE 16th international conference on group IV photonics (GFP). Danvers: IEEE; 2019:8926113 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/GROUP4.2019.8926113
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Chrétien J, Pauc N, Armand Pilon F, Bertrand M, Thai Q-M, Casiez L, et al.
GeSn lasers covering a wide wavelength range thanks to uniaxial tensile strain
ACS Photonics. 2019; 6(10): 2462-2469. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00712
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Dutta D, De DS, Fan D, Roy S, Alfieri G, Camarda M, et al.
Evidence for carbon clusters present near thermal gate oxides affecting the electronic band structure in SiC-MOSFET
Applied Physics Letters. 2019; 115(10): 101601 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5112779
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Förster J, Gräfe J, Bailey J, Finizio S, Träger N, Groß F, et al.
Direct observation of coherent magnons with suboptical wavelengths in a single-crystalline ferrimagnetic insulator
Physical Review B. 2019; 100(21): 214416 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.214416
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Förster J, Wintz S, Bailey J, Finizio S, Josten E, Dubs C, et al.
Nanoscale X-ray imaging of spin dynamics in yttrium iron garnet
Journal of Applied Physics. 2019; 126(17): 173909 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5121013
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Hales JE, Matmon G, Dalby PA, Ward JM, Aeppli G
Virus lasers for biological detection
Nature Communications. 2019; 10(1): 3594 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11604-z
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Johnson BC, Woerle J, Haasmann D, Lew CT-K, Parker RA, Knowles H, et al.
Optically active defects at the SiC/SiO₂ interface
Physical Review Applied. 2019; 12(4): 044024 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.044024
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Messaoud JB, Michaud J-F, Certon D, Camarda M, Piluso N, Colin L, et al.
Investigation of the Young's modulus and the residual stress of 4H-SiC circular membranes on 4H-SiC substrates
Micromachines. 2019; 10(12): 801 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10120801
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Nida S, Tsibizov A, Ziemann T, Woerle J, Moesch A, Schulze-Briese C, et al.
Silicon carbide X-ray beam position monitors for synchrotron applications
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2019; 26(1): 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577518014248
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Pilon FTA, Lyasota A, Niquet Y-M, Reboud V, Calvo V, Pauc N, et al.
Strained germanium lasing in the mid-infrared
In: 2019 IEEE 16th international conference on group IV photonics (GFP). Danvers, MA: IEEE; 2019:(2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/GROUP4.2019.8925921
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Woerle J, Prokscha T, Hallén A, Grossner U
Interaction of low-energy muons with defect profiles in proton-irradiated Si and 4H-SiC
Physical Review B. 2019; 100(11): 115202 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.115202
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Woerle J, Šimonka V, Müller E, Hössinger A, Sigg H, Selberherr S, et al.
Surface morphology of 4H-SiC after thermal oxidation
In: Gammon PM, Shah VA, McMahon RA, Jennings MR, Vavasour O, Padfield F, et al., eds. Vol. 963. Materials science forum. sine loco: Trans Tech Publications Ltd.; 2019:180-183. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.963.180
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Woerle J, Johnson BC, Bongiorno C, Yamasue K, Ferro G, Dutta D, et al.
Two-dimensional defect mapping of the SiO₂/4H−SiC interface
Physical Review Materials. 2019; 3(8): 084602 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.084602
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von den Driesch N, Stange D, Rainko D, Breuer U, Capellini G, Hartmann J-M, et al.
Epitaxy of Si-Ge-Sn-based heterostructures for CMOS-integratable light emitters
Solid State Electronics. 2019; 155: 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2019.03.013
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Papers published in 2018

Armand Pilon F, Pauc N, Widiez J, Reboud V, Calvo V, Hartmann JM, et al.
Emerging optical gain in highly strained Germanium
In: Advanced photonics 2018 (BGPP, IPR, NP, NOMA, sensors, networks, SPPCom, SOF). Vol. ITu4I. Integrated photonics research, silicon and nanophotonics. Washington D.C.: OSA - The Optical Society; 2018:ITu4I.3 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/IPRSN.2018.ITu4I.3
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Chaix L, Huang EW, Gerber S, Lu X, Jia C, Huang Y, et al.
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies of magnons and bimagnons in the lightly doped cuprate La_2-xSr_xCuO₄
Physical Review B. 2018; 97(15): 155144 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155144
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Choi J, Ivashko O, Dennler N, Aoki D, von Arx K, Gerber S, et al.
Pressure-induced rotational symmetry breaking in URu₂Si₂
Physical Review B. 2018; 98(24): 241113 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.241113
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Matmon G, Ginossar E, Villis BJ, Kölker A, Lim T, Solanki H, et al.
Two- to three-dimensional crossover in a dense electron liquid in silicon
Physical Review B. 2018; 97: 155306 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155306
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Stange D, von den Driesch N, Zabel T, Armand-Pilon F, Rainko D, Marzban B, et al.
GeSn/SiGeSn heterostructure and multi quantum well lasers
ACS Photonics. 2018; 5(11): 4628-4636. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01116
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Stange D, von den Driesch N, Rainko D, Zabel T, Marzban B, Ikonic Z, et al.
Quantum confinement effects in GeSn/SiGeSn heterostructure lasers
In: 2017 IEEE international electron devices meeting (IEDM). International electron devices meeting (IEDM). sine loco: IEEE; 2018:24.2.1-24.2.4. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEDM.2017.8268451
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Tudisco S, La Via F, Agodi C, Altana C, Borghi G, Boscardin M, et al.
SiCILIA—silicon carbide detectors for intense luminosity investigations and applications
Sensors. 2018; 18(7): 2289 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072289
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von den Driesch N, Stange D, Rainko D, Povstugar I, Zaumseil P, Capellini G, et al.
Advanced GeSn/SiGeSn group IV heterostructure lasers
Advanced Science. 2018; 5(6): 1700955 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700955
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von den Driesch N, Stange D, Rainko D, Povstugar I, Breuer U, Ikonic Z, et al.
Epitaxy of direct bandgap group IV Si-Ge-Sn alloys towards heterostructure light emitters
In: Liu Q, Hartmann JM, Thean A, Miyazaki S, Ogura A, Gong X, et al., eds. SiGe, Ge, and related materials: materials, processing, and devices 8. Vol. 86. ECS transactions. sine loco: IOP Publishing; 2018:189-197. https://doi.org/10.1149/08607.0189ecst
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Papers published in 2017

Camarda M, Woerle J, Souliere V, Ferro G, Sigg H, Grossner U, et al.
Analysis of 4H-SiC MOS capacitors on macro-stepped surfaces
In: Zekentes K, Vasilevskiy KV, Frangis N, eds. Silicon carbide and related materials 2016. Vol. 897. Materials science forum. Durnten-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications; 2017:107-110. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.897.107
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Fan D, Sigg H, Spolenak R, Ekinci Y
Strain and thermal conductivity in ultrathin suspended silicon nanowires
Physical Review B. 2017; 96(11): 115307. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.115307
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Gerber S, Yang S-L, Zhu D, Soifer H, Sobota JA, Rebec S, et al.
Femtosecond electron-phonon lock-in by photoemission and x-ray free-electron laser
Science. 2017; 357(6346): 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aak9946
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Haase J, Bagiante S, Sigg H, van Bokhoven JA
Surface enhanced infrared absorption of chemisorbed carbon monoxide using plasmonic nanoantennas
Optics Letters. 2017; 42(10): 1931-1934. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.001931
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Privitera SMS, Litrico G, Camarda M, Piluso N, La Via F
Electrical properties of extended defects in 4H-SiC investigated by photoinduced current measurements
Applied Physics Express. 2017; 10(3): 036601 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.7567/APEX.10.036601
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Woerle J, Camarda M, Schneider CW, Sigg H, Grossner U, Gobrecht J
Analysis of thin thermal oxides on (0001) sic epitaxial layers
In: Zekentes K, Vasilevskiy KV, Frangis N, eds. Silicon carbide and related materials 2016. Vol. 897. Materials science forum. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications; 2017:119-122. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.897.119
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Woerle J, Bisti F, Husanu M-A, Strocov VN, Schneider CW, Sigg H, et al.
Electronic band structure of the buried SiO₂/SiC interface investigated by soft x-ray ARPES
Applied Physics Letters. 2017; 110(13): 132101 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4979102
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Zabel T, Geiger R, Marin E, Müller E, Diaz A, Bonzon C, et al.
Top-down method to introduce ultra-high elastic strain
Journal of Materials Research. 2017; 32(4): 726-736. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.31
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Papers published in 2016

Gassenq A, Tardif S, Guilloy K, Osvaldo Dias G, Pauc N, Duchemin I, et al.
Accurate strain measurements in highly strained Ge microbridges
Applied Physics Letters. 2016; 108(24): 241902 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953788
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Hoffmann MC, Lee W-S, Dakovski GL, Turner JJ, Gerber SM, Bonn D, et al.
Excitation of coherent oscillations in underdoped cuprate superconductors by intense THz pulses
In: Rafailov MK, Mazur E, eds. Ultrafast bandgap photonics. Vol. 9835. Proceedings of SPIE. Bellingham, WA, USA: SPIE; 2016:98351M (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224993
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Jang H, Lee W-S, Nojiri H, Matsuzawa S, Yasumura H, Nie L, et al.
Ideal charge-density-wave order in the high-field state of superconducting YBCO
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2016; 113(51): 14645-14650. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1612849113
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Reboud V, Gassenq A, Guilloy K, Osvaldo Dias G, Escalante JM, Tardif S, et al.
Ultra-high amplified strain on 200 mm optical Germanium-On-Insulator (GeOI) substrates: Towards CMOS compatible Ge lasers
In: Reed GT, Knights AP, eds. SILICON PHOTONICS XI. Vol. 9752. Proceedings of SPIE - the international society for optical engineering. SPIE; 2016:97520F. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212597
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Savoini M, Grübel S, Bagiante S, Sigg H, Feurer T, Beaud P, et al.
THz near-field enhancement by means of isolated dipolar antennas: the effect of finite sample size
Optics Express. 2016; 24(5): 4552-4562. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.004552
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Soulière V, Carole D, Camarda M, Wörle J, Grossner U, Dezellus O, et al.
4H-SiC(0001) surface faceting during interaction with liquid Si
In: Saggio M, Roccaforte F, Giannazzo F, Crippa D, La Via F, Nipoti R, eds. Vol. 858. Materials Science Forum. Trans Tech Publications; 2016:163-166. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.858.163
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Stange D, Wirths S, Geiger R, Schulte-Braucks C, Marzban B, von den Driesch N, et al.
Optically pumped GeSn microdisk lasers on Si
ACS Photonics. 2016; 3(7): 1279-1285. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00258
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